Description: This tall, slender woman wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She has no hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Body Guard. He has worked as a Body Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 230 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has auburn hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Jarsali liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Watson does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Coral (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a Courier first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.