Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and shortspears. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Helen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Helen. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white vest and prefers violet and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and carries sais. Her hair is golden and very short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Herleva will drive conversation. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (20 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. A true patriot, Cory would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Cory was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has worked as a Locksmith like his father before him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.