Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She wears her brown hair down. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 sp. Malachite (9 gp). Jade (70 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: Standing 5'1", this woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Helen is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

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. 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. After a long history of fighting, Helen and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Blacksmith. His hair is brown and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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 to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Jet (40 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a Butcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.