Description: An older woman who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull blue iron scale mail, she is not a threatening figure. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30000 cp. Hematite (12 gp).

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. 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 can speak with the recently deceased. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Williamina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Banded agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Superior lock. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Smokesticks. 8 Acid flasks. 8 Acid flasks. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Jocelyn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.