Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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, Mary is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She usually wears her black robe and has her morningstar always slung over her shoulder. She is physically well-built. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. She has silver eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Akta was taken on many hunting expeditions. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Jeweler.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Gardener, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'6" when asserting herself. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses like a well dressed Adventurer does. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

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 is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This northern man wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears suspenders and pastel workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. Her fur is red and curly. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Moon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. A true patriot, Quillathe would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Quillathe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp.