Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Jasmine lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Through the years after Xanaphia was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Xanaphia's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Mary 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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.