Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Arha hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his beige fur down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. During his travels, Trail and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Trail discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Trail fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1100 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. His long gray fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. After coming to the age of reason, Trail took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, pastel shirt, and white tie. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Eberdeb and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.