Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black opal (1500 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has shaved his head bald. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Umpen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a green Stetson hat and green clothes. Her purple hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Beggar. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Navigator; and to be a navigator again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears long strands of jet and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. 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: An old rival family wants her found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1700 pp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.