Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears an entirely black suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and black tie. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Melissa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 pp. Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Body Guard, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He has taken up work as a Unemployed and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Lerissa hails from a village terrorized by giants. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Lerissa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Jade (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.