Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this western man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His crest is black and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

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. Through the years after Azzakh was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Azzakh's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He is physically well-built. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is an epitome of beauty. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Meena hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Meena was born the youngest of three triplets. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 sp. Malachite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).