Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'7" and has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. 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 Shepherd. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Prosperine has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. He carries with him a set of greataxes on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His first spouse was a Mercenary, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and longbows. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A freak accident while working with her Baker father left her crippled. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).