Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has dyed her greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on her left side, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. Her gray fur is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: River was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Hunter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1400 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears just a black suit. His hair is short and brown. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 sp. Eye agate (5 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Coral (140 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Akta was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Dilettante. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).