Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her golden hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Ilga was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Jak was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Jak grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Jak. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her tied-back hair is golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a Tailor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Hematite (8 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Amber (150 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

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. A freak accident while working with her Mason mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Nuraval and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple grey robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Oskar was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and to be a glassblower again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 15000 sp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).