Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 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: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 120 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her hair is red and curly. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has styled his beige fur well, parting it to the left. His copper eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shivering has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 310 gp. 2 Acid flasks.