Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and carries nunchakus. She wears her silver hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Matilda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He usually wears his violet robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is blonde and very short. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Theriatis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: To protect his home; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 220 gp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Shautha was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp).