Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Adelaide has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 pp. Red spinel (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull brown iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Orianna was born the youngest of three triplets. Orianna was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shoemaker. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: This man is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp).