Description: This southern woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her chestnut hair up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Helja has worked very hard to control her curse. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 180 gp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available she will default to her ceremonial dagger. She sports brown long hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 Merchant. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Insane. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is typically in her Carpenter uniform. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Terse, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 18000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Thradal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Barrister kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.