Description: A 4'3" southern woman, she wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available she will default to her axe. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a white feather.

Personality: Helja speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Helja lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 15th 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with black slacks. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His auburn hair is lengthy. He has hazel eyes and a red hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Darrow grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Darrow. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'7" when asserting himself. He has done his best to style his rusty crest to look like a famous performer. He has gold eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Heskan's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Masseuse and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and balancing his hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. Heward is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bounty Hunter. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (40 gp).