Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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, Elysande is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Elysande has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane, Disease. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender woman is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She has amber eyes.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered orcs who tried to eat her hand. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp).

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 is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a great chef.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Nordak learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

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

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: An older woman who tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Riswynn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Grigi enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has slicked back brown hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Through the years after Tawar was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Tawar's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and carries hand crossbows. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Layabout. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Antitoxin.