Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Giselle was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 sp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and carries glaives. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for her, and Anakis does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anakis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is blonde and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 south. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 240 gp.