Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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 northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Joan 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 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dara studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Zedaar hails from a village terrorized by drow. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Farmer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is silver and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: Silaqui was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30 gp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.