Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries a battered axe and tarnished greatsword as well. His hair is golden and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Cagak is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this western woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a Beggar first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. She became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 cp. Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Kite took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 sp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a red shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and white pants. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Oren was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp).