Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She carries a battered bow and tarnished dagger as well. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she likes to wear tan tank tops with blue skirt. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on his right side, and carries warhammers. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: William lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 50 pp. Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.