Description: She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor, and she perpetually has her lance ready. She wears her silver hair down. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Helja studied abroad. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She's also a talented Barkeep, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and carries greataxes. His hair is blonde and curly. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Aldous 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 north. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his club ready. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Barbena was taken on many hunting expeditions. A freak accident while working with her Banker father left her crippled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She has wavy brown hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Her white fur is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Leshanna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Painter. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His first spouse was a Scribe, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her silver hair down. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. A true patriot, Nora would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently the stress of being a Performer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

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

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.