Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadwisa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (6 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She wears her black hair up. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has worked as a Priest like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a fancy grey suit. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp.