Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is portly but not overly obese. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Ishte was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ishte grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ishte. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 cp. 4 Holy water.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard. His hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has worked as a Barrister like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely grey suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'3" when asserting herself. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 9000 cp. 2 Smokesticks.