Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a red vest and prefers grey and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson red hat.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jade (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has moderate length black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Body Guard who has hired her part-time. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Portia has worked very hard to control her curse. She has worked as a Painter like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. She has moderate length red fur. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She carries with her a set of shields on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Meriele hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Meriele 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. A gifted student she started as a Seamstress, but she got bored and became a Painter. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: To be a Seamstress again.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 pp.