Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'0" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jade (70 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stylist profession.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'10" and wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a halberd on her belt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Adelaide fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.