Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Verna was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bounty Hunter. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: 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; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Greedy, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Red garnet (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Farmer. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. She has worked as a Farmer like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with pastel slacks. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood, and carries maces. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Flame alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Spring was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Bonds: Job, In love, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her monstrous two handed axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is silver and curly. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ellyjoybell was born with her mother's beautiful face. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He has green eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears her chestnut hair up. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). White opal (500 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nutae's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.