Description: This woman sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Griselda was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is portly but not overly obese. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker green hat.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10 pp. Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His tied-back hair is auburn. He has violet eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the south. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, marred by chocolates. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ida is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born into a rich family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp.