Description: A 4'9" southern woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, In love, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his monstrous two handed axe. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished shortbow as well. She wears a colorful flower in her lavender fur. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Great liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 29000 sp. Malachite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver ewer (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Traulam was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp.