Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Blacksmith. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30000 cp. Peridot (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears long strands of jet and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 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: Money/treasure; and doesn't want to be a apothecary and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. She is portly but not overly obese. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Margery lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Dilettante, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.