Description: She is typically in her Herbalist uniform. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her crest is brass and curly. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2400 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears brown trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her white hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anne grew up listening to her father's many stories. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Dariff hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Dariff was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a Detective first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He likes to wear green tank tops with black pants. His white hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jet (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His ears are large.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Jeweler, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 310 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she usually wears her grey robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a great chef.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents enrolled her in a Barbarian school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.