Description: This malnourished man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Emen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, marred by chocolates. She wears her chestnut hair up. She has blue eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Tervaround was taken on many hunting expeditions. Tervaround was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tervaround decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Iolite (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting drow, the young Jarana began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This black eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mastema is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Mastema was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Apothecary. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.