Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a fancy white dress. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30000 cp. Peridot (30 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a hunchback. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gerald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, John is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).