Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Arara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. His hair is red and very short. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Morthos hails from a village terrorized by brigands. At a young age his mother died while driving off some brigands. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in flail use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. She wears her black crest up. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with her Ruler mother left her crippled. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is content

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Sard (40 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10 pp.