Description: She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and scimitars. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She takes great joy in being the best Cook in town.

History: She was born in the west. 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 Cook. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has no hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

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. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barber.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

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. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Through the years after Bethrynna was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Bethrynna's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).