Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her golden hair is cut short. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Balifra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sword on her belt. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Avelina was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Avelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by her family; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: 4'5" and muscular, this eastern man wears dull grey sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case. His blonde hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mindartis isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. Mindartis is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.