Description: 6'2" and muscular, this western woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ekk never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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 west. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Merchant. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is golden and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the west. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Crown-heir born in the past three hundred years. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 150 gp. Eye agate (4 gp).