Description: She stands about 4'9" and prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Through the years after Matilda was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Matilda's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 40 pp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His hair is brown and curly. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Tharivol lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: He wears green trousers with yellow and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brass crest is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her tied-back hair is silver. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Sard (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).