Description: She is lean but muscular and wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Locksmith profession.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Interpreter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Azurite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 38000 sp. Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, grey shirt, and blue tie. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He bought a whip and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has wavy auburn hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the west to a Barrister, Zanna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 17th 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. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.