Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by teas. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Helen was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Helen's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly glaives and maces. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. After months of barely getting by, Gerard managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Adelaide is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rohesia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Rohesia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.