Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Griselda lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is auburn and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Fire opal (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mary was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Mary took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: He wears a simple tan robe with white stripes complete with hood. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dean studied abroad. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp).