Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Melissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bather for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His head has been shaved. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He uses divination through singing.

History: Dean hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Dean was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

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

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a blue vest and prefers white and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She sports brown long hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Scribe born in the past three hundred years. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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: Balancing her hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull violet iron scale mail. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Iolite (40 gp).