Description: She is in excellent shape and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Helen isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and balancing his hectic life and new knight responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black opal (1100 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the north to a Shipwright, Emma learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.