Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a sai on her belt. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Mardred is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Mardred was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Mardred's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 320 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a black vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears her bronze crest up. She is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a great chef.

History: Dentratha hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Barfa was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 gp. Coral (110 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. He sports a flattop fur cut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She is portly but not overly obese. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Silgre does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Silgre was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 130 gp.