Description: This woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has green eyes.

Personality: Helen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Helen never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Kyle was born with his mother's beautiful face. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a dilettante again

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 sp. Citrine (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Katherine never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 gp.