Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and violet pants. Her crest is black and curly. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair is still thick. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kasdeya was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. She became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He bought a spear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Apothecary. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Griselda was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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: Expand her business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 20 pp.