Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is typically in her Apothecary uniform. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Anastrianna's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her childhood dream was to be a Mason, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is brown and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Carpenter 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Mella was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Mella's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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; and doesn't want to be a bookbinder and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Blue sapphire (600 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. His orange fur is heavily combed to the right. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a Ploughman, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.