Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a great chef.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Helja grew up listening to her father's many stories. Helja abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has green eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 has money and likes to spend it; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 12000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears white trousers with tan and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Poor, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 47000 sp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished greataxe as well. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

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. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp.