Description: She wears long strands of emerald and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is physically well-built. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Iolite (20 gp). Jade (50 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A 4'7" southern woman, she wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and red pants. She has a very tight haircut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Scribe who has hired her part-time. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. She tends to her Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and balancing her hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

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

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She carries a battered sickle and tarnished hand crossbow as well. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 200 gp.