Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a hunchback. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. Vaina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Zykroff and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Jasmine lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in an above average manner. He is an epitome of beauty. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Painter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Bertram was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bertram decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 pp. Malachite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.