Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for her, and Avelina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Avelina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Bowyer, but she got bored and became a Healer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again; and balancing her hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has styled her white crest well, parting it to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a violet collared shirt and pastel skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Priest profession.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of shields on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears blue trousers with yellow and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears her red hair up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 230 gp.