Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, yellow cloak. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a Miner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Ahlyssa was taken on many hunting expeditions. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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 prove her worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Emeny lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'3" and wears a blue costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Qualen grew up listening to his father's many stories. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (9 gp).