Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and greatswords. Her crest is white and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Sora's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Spice Merchant, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Moss agate (15 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Ielenia was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. Her black hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Nurkara 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and is pretty ugly. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (120 gp).