Description: This malnourished woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her crest is cut close to her head. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 daughter.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 170 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and usually wears his black robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. He has wavy black crest. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in a small island village. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Server kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 sp. Moss agate (9 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Beatrice grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. With bright brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

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

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brass crest is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are gold.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the east. Mugrunden was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Carter. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 pp. Jasper (50 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.