Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Akta will drive conversation. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the south to a Roofer, Akta learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Roofer. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. She carries with her a set of longswords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mayor. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Ploughman. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. She has amber eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Lilli lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this southern woman typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her silver hair up. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sellsword. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a Sellsword soon after.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this southern woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She has moderate length copper crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dragonborn in existence. 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: Pyxrin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Barrister they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Apothecary, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Family, Job, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Burto grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist, Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born in a small island village. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Xanaphia took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up flail and armor she uses now. She has worked as a Cook like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished shortbow as well. Her beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shipwright profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears long strands of emerald and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is long and golden with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 2000 cp.