Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and carries crossbows. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp.