Description: She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available she will default to her lance. Her blonde hair is cut short. 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 is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Vaina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Vaina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is typically in her Map Maker uniform. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has worked as a Map Maker like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1100 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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 born several months after her father was called into army service. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. She has dyed her greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Shadow speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.