Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, brown cloak. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gale is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She struck the Shepherd job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely brown suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Expand her business; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dyer. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1300 sp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in an above average manner and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Rieta was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he usually wears his brown robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Duergath is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Duergath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

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

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.