Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has moderate length red hair. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is a Crown-heir first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde 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 curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 6'1" northern woman, she wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her bronze crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: An older man who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Apothecary who has hired him part-time. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Riardon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.