Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Gardener. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has slicked back black hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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, Aline is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Aline took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Clerebold fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is chestnut and very short. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Hematite (7 gp).