Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Laborer mother left her crippled. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is dark red and curly. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 50 pp. Star ruby (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'5". He very much looks the part of a Adventurer, and his gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He has violet eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 2'10" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her white hair is still thick. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

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. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.