Description: She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Cressel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Tiaathque was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tattered old clothes. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Tippletoe lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 3'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Rimple was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student he started as a Herbalist, but he got bored and became a Performer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1400 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She has slicked back silver hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Crowbar.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She has a very tight haircut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

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. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Sellsword like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her white hair down. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.