Description: She is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a fisher again

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears black trousers with blue and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has wavy silver hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Shane was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Shane's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a red tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes and is in decent physical shape. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hadwisa studied abroad. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Architect and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 pp.