Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 21. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Ahlyssa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: Standing 3'2", this man wears a blue coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His white hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She has amber eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp).