Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ermina was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'2" and wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Emerald (1000 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses like a well dressed Dilettante does. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dilettante but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Bertram lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 west. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.