Description: She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'10" when asserting herself. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her childhood dream was to be a Cook, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is blonde and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Whurbin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the east to a Shipwright, Whurbin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This tall, slender woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Nemeia hails from a village terrorized by brigands. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Nemeia took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up halberd and armor she uses now. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She has no fur. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern woman has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her violet robe. Her black crest, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.