Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Blacksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this eastern man very much looks the part of a Crown-heir. His blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He usually wears his pastel robe and has his warhammer always slung over his shoulder. He sports a flattop fur cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Riswynn was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Riswynn decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 gp. Jade (120 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Therai enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He became a Weaver soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: He wears just a red suit. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a very tight haircut. He has green eyes.

Personality: Kelter speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries a battered mace and tarnished sickle as well. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by teas. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a Slave Trader first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Flak hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 60 gp.