Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is cut short. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nella's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 47000 sp.

Description: He wears an entirely brown suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 31000 sp. Citrine (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She is a Yochlol in disguise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Bellfounder kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His hair is chestnut and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 6'2", this woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her copper crest down. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. 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 several months after her father was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a white shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her auburn hair is cut short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Dilettante business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp).