Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Helen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Dilettante, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Eleanor wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Eleanor was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Eloise was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Server. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Server.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp.