Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Shifting was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

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

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Stableman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Mara liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Pacifist, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Guard does. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has brown hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.