Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a white shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and blue pants. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Gifted from a young age, Verna studied abroad. Her childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30000 cp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Coral (40 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'7", this woman dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Vaina 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. Vaina 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; 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: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Medrash was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Medrash was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Purah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dustin was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Ploughman. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Ploughman responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gifted student she started as a Tanner, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Sard (30 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Seamstress first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.