Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to brigands.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This southern woman dresses like a well dressed Architect does. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Architect. She's also a talented Fortune-teller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Architect responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Matilda's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Carpenter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. In her 16th 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. Being a Carpenter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp.