Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is short and golden. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Cook business.

History: Malquis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: An older man who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, he is not a threatening figure. His head has been shaved. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Kellen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 Bookbinder. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp).