Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Helen does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a Baker, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Average lock.