Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Symma learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 43000 sp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are brown and beady.

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. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the north. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His tied-back hair is brown. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bounty Hunter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Makaria studied abroad. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She keeps her gold crest in a pixie cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.