Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Blendaeth lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 3'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Nalaed's homeland. Nalaed decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She is physically well-built. Her rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Addict, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 pp.