Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Avelina's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'2" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Pyntle is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Knight they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 sp. 2 Holy water.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Lamlis hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Lamlis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).