Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern woman is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. After a long history of fighting, Akta and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born in the north. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Knight kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 pp.