Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Ruler, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears white trousers with blue and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents enrolled her in a Cleric school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. 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 barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'9" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp.