Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's in love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. 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 cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Arannis was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and his gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aust fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). White opal (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). White opal (400 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).