Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her red fur in a flapper bob. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

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. Through the years after Sun was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Sun'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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 sp. Moonstone (80 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He takes great joy in being the best Mayor in town.

History: He was born in a small island village. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Anastrianna 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. Anastrianna 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Painter. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp).