Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a red small hat and red clothes. Her hair is black and curly. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Performer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to protect her home

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Has a crush, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is typically in her Actor uniform. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished kukri as well. She has chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hadwisa embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gifted student she started as a Layabout, but she got bored and became a Actor. She became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 290 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat and is in decent physical shape. She has wavy golden hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.