Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the east. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a blue collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a tan coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Yebe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Nogu's homeland. Nogu decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Amber (90 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).