Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Astaro was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Bookbinder, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Kairon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver crest. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Burana's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 130 gp. White opal (400 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a white coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.