Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an entirely brown suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has slicked back auburn hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Susannah enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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 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: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a engraver and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 5'4" western woman, she wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 north. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Black opal (1200 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Gifted from a young age, Randal studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Philantrophist, Gifted. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.