Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Helen isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses divination through singing.

History: Bertram lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Bertram took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up dagger and armor he uses now. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His hair is black and very short. He has hazel eyes and a green hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 Soapmaker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.