Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and monstrous two handed axes. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Mara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Jade (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull black iron scale mail. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a grey coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 10 pp.