Description: She has a missing left leg. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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: She was born in a small island village. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has moderate length blue hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Retire the richest woman in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 39000 sp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Ghash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 360 gp. Jade (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Junk Dealer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp).