Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She has wavy silver hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Sard (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Jet (60 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Oolah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born in the south. 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 Slave Trader. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Slave Trader, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 120 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'0" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, In love, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 130 gp.