Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Hecat liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Ovina was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She tends to wear a large white jacket. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is black and curly. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Jo is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a 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 west. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and his gloved hand is found clutching a lance. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Hobart was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood. With wild white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Alain is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple blue robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple blue robe with red stripes complete with hood. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bowyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bowyer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new bowyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants. She is physically well-built. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her face.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Akta was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 pp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.