Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a fancy red dress. Her hair is white and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a great chef.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She likes to wear black tank tops with blue skirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her dark red hair is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Bryseis never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tan coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. With bright chestnut hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student she started as a Shipwright, but she got bored and became a Sellsword. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sellsword responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Pelaios has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (160 gp).