Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and glaives. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Siffress lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Siffress 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. Siffress 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She likes to wear brown tank tops with tan skirt. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Giselle was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears grey trousers with tan and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 sp.