Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Joan was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic, Persistence. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. He has a very tight haircut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Gerald was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Gerald's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Shoemaker. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to be a bounty hunter again

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished trident as well. He has a very tight haircut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lance fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.