Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Nala was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Nala's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her hair is short and auburn. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her 15th 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. After a long history of fighting, Enna and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Creega was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Creega abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp).