Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is typically in her Laborer uniform. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Emma is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Emma lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Brewer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, and carries shields. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Osco was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an entirely brown suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her beige fur is greasy and uncared for. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Flask has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Amber (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of maces, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Amber (100 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rose (50 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She sports silver long hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. 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: She got into the Courier business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier. He has dyed his greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Pijjirik is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Miner, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miner and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Amber (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).