Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears an entirely red suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp. Coral (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are brown and beady.

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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Jacoba learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. She became a Fortune-teller soon after.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a sword on his belt, and carries swords. His blonde hair is braided into rings. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Anselm was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).