Description: She wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the west to a Crown-heir, Helen learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Crown-heir has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Hunter born in the past three hundred years. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Hunter.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears an entirely brown suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Rolf is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Rolf lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Fire opal (700 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a flattop hair cut. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Heward was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.