Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Arha lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is auburn and curly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple brown robe with red stripes complete with hood. His chestnut hair is cut short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He then took over the family business and is one of the better Navigator for hire.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

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

Possessions: 270 pp. Moonstone (80 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. With wild red hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sumnes was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.