Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a hunchback. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Galiena lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her golden hair up. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 4 Holy water. 4 Acid flasks. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Holy water.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey vest and prefers violet and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aldous does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.