Description: This woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 20000 cp. Hematite (5 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: Bethrynna speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she usually wears her tan robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her tied-back hair is white. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Vaina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. She's also a talented Crown-heir, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a simple tan robe with red stripes complete with hood. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'6". He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and his gloved hand is found clutching a trident. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He got into the Servant business at a young age. When Alvyn reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He tends to his Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.