Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She was taken from her home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Ella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 west. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She has a very tight haircut. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spy

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

Possessions: Jasper (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Jade (110 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear flannel. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.