Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has wavy red crest. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 11000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is typically in her Engraver uniform. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's in love; and to be a server again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 28000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with pastel slacks. Her golden hair is still thick. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vola does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 north. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Sard (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Jade (40 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top violet hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nicholas studied abroad. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nora studied abroad. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp.