Description: This woman wears long strands of jet and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. 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: An old rival family wants her found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1700 pp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Nemeia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her yellow robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. 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 likes to make people angry or surprised. The war was a terrible time for her, and Hatae does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Hatae and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this eastern man is wearing a long, violet cloak. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Arannis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born in the east. Arannis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.