Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her crest is black and curly. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Through the years after Surina was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Surina's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She tends to her Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His tied-back hair is golden. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Ruler. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rimple is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 290 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Jet (150 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His crest is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Zedaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Miller. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 pp.