Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. Her white eyes peer out from beneath her top green hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his copper crest down. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright auburn hair. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is a Priest first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She tends to her Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

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 typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy blonde hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A true patriot, Adelaide would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her first spouse was a Miner, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 pp.