Description: She likes to wear tan tank tops with red skirt. She is portly but not overly obese. With bright auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His white hair is long and unkept. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Sard (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amber (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown hair is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Performer again; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 pp. Azurite (6 gp). Jade (130 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Malachite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has wavy silver hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tervaround is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Barkeep business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barkeep for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Lavinia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. During her travels, Lavinia and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Lavinia discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Lavinia fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 pp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rose (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue deerstalker hat and blue clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Malachite (9 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp).