Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. Her black hair is well kept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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 vampirism at a very young age, Marigold has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a Laborer, her father struggled to pay the bills. When Vorka reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His white hair is knotted and matted. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. 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 Performer. He struck the Performer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 sp.