Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the east to a Soapmaker, Kasdeya learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 sp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Kairon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and revenge

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. Jasper (80 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and pastel tie. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is silver and very short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 gp.