Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her tied-back hair is white. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Nella was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. Her gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Burana has worked very hard to control her curse. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cloak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cloak was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Carter. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and is pretty ugly. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Ella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 70 gp.