Description: He stands about 5'3" and is dressed in an above average manner. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his white hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Miner. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: Berrian was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Scribe, but he got bored and became a Miner. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Berrian never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 17000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy yellow fur. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. He wears his yellow fur up. He has yellow eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Shifting was born the youngest of three triplets. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Shifting took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up axe and armor he uses now. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 8000 gp. Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Rosalind was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern man wears tattered old clothes. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Bernard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and tan pants. His tied-back hair is brown. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Fargrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1300 pp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Jet (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has no hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered yellow hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Knight. She is a great chef.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Knight.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1300 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Coral (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Banded agate (7 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.