Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with white slacks. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She has no hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Shava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 43000 sp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a yellow costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is physically well-built. Her blue hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Makaria was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear grey tank tops with tan skirt. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.