Description: She wears a black vest and prefers pastel and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She carries with her a set of axes, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Nija never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Dagnal and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Eye agate (11 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Pallabar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is physically well-built. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 83. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She became a Baker soon after.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 21000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). White opal (600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has golden hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). White pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). White opal (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Fallthra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 pp. Peridot (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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, Galiena is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Coral (90 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).