Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and carries spears. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Valida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the west to a Merchant, Gurdis learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 sp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Millicent lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 110 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'8". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. His silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 310 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).