Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Akta was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Kellen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to be a actor again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. With bright auburn hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Marigold was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Marigold decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a yellow coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has chestnut hair. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vanuath grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vanuath. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 sp.