Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is an epitome of beauty. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. 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 takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: Gifted from a young age, Ranala studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this western man wears a violet shirt with thin white vertical stripes and pastel pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 50 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His beige fur is long and unkept. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He plays an instrument quite well.

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. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Cloak never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has white eyes and a green hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Melech was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Dilettante. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown fur is heavily combed to the right. She has amber eyes.

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

History: She is a Lycanthrope in disguise. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman wears a white tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kansif will drive conversation. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Engraver but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Ovak lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

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

Possessions: Just what you see.