Description: She is wearing a long, red cloak. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is red and curly. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a green costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with her Butcher father left her crippled. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Forcas was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Sensitive, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Coral (120 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Jet (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: An older man who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary, he is not a threatening figure. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Shaká and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 16000 sp. Aquamarine (500 gp).