Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Ruler but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Sard (60 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: He wears just a black suit. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Willow was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and human compassion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Architect profession.

History: Varis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student he started as a Architect, but he got bored and became a Servant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She wears her blonde hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. 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. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 cp.