Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is typically in her Performer uniform. Her red crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. She has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her golden hair is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Juliana isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born into a rich family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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 would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp).