Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her beige fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 41000 sp. Fire opal (1000 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 Merchant. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 380 pp. Jet (140 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Jade (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is brown and curly. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

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. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Heward and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a violet vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is chestnut and curly. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 170 pp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length gold crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Akra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20000 cp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.