Description: This tall, slender woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She uses divination through singing.

History: Rosamund was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. Her hair is white and curly. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Jacoba grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Jacoba. After months of barely getting by, Jacoba managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and greataxes. Her hair is red and very short. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Navigator who has hired her part-time. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of a Tailor, who enjoyed hunting, Rohesia was taken on many hunting expeditions. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (70 gp).