Description: She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has slicked back golden hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Ielenia lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Star ruby (900 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep black.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 pp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp).

Description: This western woman prefers to wear flannel. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop fur cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the west. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (150 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. The war was a terrible time for him, and Randal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Randal was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp.