Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries a battered sai and tarnished sword as well. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Avice was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Avice's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Avice and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available she will default to her dagger. Her silver crest is lengthy. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80 gp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a grey scarf. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Lance is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 250 gp.