Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She very much looks the part of a Fisher. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Meriele lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Carter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Fisher, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To be a Carter again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'8". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her scarlet crest down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Srorthen was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Guard. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 pp. Eye agate (5 gp).