Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Ernest hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Torz hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is greedy

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.