Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Vaina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is blonde and very short. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Kugáluga enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Architect and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and glaives. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Siffress lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Siffress was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Siffress decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has blonde hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Junk Dealer born in the past three hundred years. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He became a Junk Dealer soon after.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).