Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Gardener 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is cut close to his head. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gimurt was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and bows. His blue hair is long and unkept. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Zephan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zephan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She has moderate length silver hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Falkrunn never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.