Description: Standing 2'10", this woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has no hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 250 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She wears a black vest and prefers grey and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Pyra was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. She has shaved her head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Urshar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp).