Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. The war was a terrible time for her, and Helen does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When Helen reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). White opal (800 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His silver crest is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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 was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who very much looks the part of a Bather. His red fur is singed and shortened. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His first spouse was a Brewer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: 2'8" and muscular, this western woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cora grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Barber for hire.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Amber (70 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Rose (40 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Sard (40 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries bastard swords. His hair is short and white. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a Slave Trader first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a courier again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and has the majority of her body covered in plate. She sports white long hair. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

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. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star ruby (1300 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Sard (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).