Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his golden hair up. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Patrick alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the north. Everard was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Adelard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).