Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. Helja enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears long strands of sapphire and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His gold crest is thinning but still full. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A true patriot, Heskan would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His hair is auburn and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Servant for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Banded mail.