Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has moderate length dark red hair. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. The war was a terrible time for him, and Oriax does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Beggar. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and carries flails. His white hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple tan robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small tan clips. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is content; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).