Description: She stands about 4'8" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Vanchu was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tan trousers with red and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has worked as a Bather like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 19th 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her red hair is well kept. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Through the years after Shautha was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Shautha's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Everburning torch.