Description: She stands about 4'2" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: Money/treasure; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 130 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a fancy brown dress. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her first spouse was a Interpreter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She uses divination through singing.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heather grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heather. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Theren enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Theren was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Ranger, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Ranger in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).