Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is typically in her Shepherd uniform. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Callie will drive conversation. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Callie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. White opal (600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Fire opal (400 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'10" and muscular, this eastern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his brown fur up. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed pastel hat.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a great chef.

History: Three was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Three was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Three decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. His black fur, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to be a miller again

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp).