Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raiann fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Zircon (70 gp). White pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Verin has worked very hard to control her curse. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Nora lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 25000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 pp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).