Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. With bright chestnut hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Priest born in the past three hundred years. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His bronze crest is heavily combed to the left. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a fancy tan suit. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Naeris wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naeris is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Naeris took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor he uses now. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: A 4'8" southern woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. With wild brown hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears bulky blue painted plate armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and whips. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Actor 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. After months of barely getting by, Agnes managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 sp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head, and is pretty ugly. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Ridaro was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ridaro's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Ridaro was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.