Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Herleva and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a great chef.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear black tank tops with yellow pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ar-Kaius hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his quarterstaff. He is portly but not overly obese. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.