Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: Helja hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Knight but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

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 an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the east to a Glassblower, Nirgel learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her brown hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roywyn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Roywyn. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'2" and wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her white fur up. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. Jade (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has shaved her head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Fortune-teller profession.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He has moderate length white hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. After a long history of fighting, Kilvar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Nora has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.