Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blue crest is long and unkept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears professional attire. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Hlin was born with her mother's beautiful face. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her head has been shaved. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Nikki 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 Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She wears her black hair up. Her white eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aym studied abroad. Aym abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large green jacket. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She tends to her Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is content

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).