Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear black tank tops with pastel skirt, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her green crest well, parting it to the left. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born into a rich family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a white shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Blacksmith. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Grai never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He wears his gold crest down. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Galinndan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, green cloak. His dark red hair is braided into rings. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Map Maker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 cp. Hematite (7 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and prefers to wear flannel. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her silver hair up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Nedda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.