Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and balancing her hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She wears a green collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has green eyes and a green hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Egelina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp.