Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tan trousers with white and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her dark red hair down. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Crown-heir but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 37000 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'5" and sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20 gp. Iolite (30 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She sports white long hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. 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 greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1700 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp).