Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is blonde and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tattered old clothes. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 220 gp. White opal (600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses like a well dressed Sculptor does. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has worked as a Sculptor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kipper will drive conversation. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the south to a Jeweler, Kipper learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and balancing his hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.