Description: An older woman who wears baggy violet pantaloons and a grey scarf, she is not a threatening figure. She has slicked back golden hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Arara is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in a small island village. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. 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: To reunite with her old friends; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Smokesticks. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for her, and Verin does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her childhood dream was to be a Hunter, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this southern woman wears a white coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Drenna liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 cp.