Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She usually wears her blue robe and has her shield always slung over her shoulder. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of sapphire and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 7000 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Rose (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on her belt. With wild blonde hair. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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. A freak accident while working with her Marshal father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barber. He has worked as a Barber like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Helgret is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She is greedy.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has dark red hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mantus fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).