Description: She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'0" when asserting herself. Her silver hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Helja is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1300 pp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Rose (50 gp). Jet (140 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Orsik and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a simple white robe with black stripes complete with hood. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Servant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 12000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tattered old clothes. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Phelaia was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and to be a shoemaker again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'2" eastern woman, she has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Tervaround lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Tervaround never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, In love, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1300 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp).