Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Ranala lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Ranala was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on her left side. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a great chef.

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. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Oda never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Military, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her crest is short and silver. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quespa studied abroad. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Hematite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). White opal (500 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).