Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull red iron scale mail. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her first spouse was a Scribe, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This northern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a Laborer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Aym was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Aym's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She has blue eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. 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 since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (140 gp). 1 Breastplate.