Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Merla was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Carter. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She is physically well-built. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. His dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

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 wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She sports chestnut long hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Helja was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 340 gp.