Description: She wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She carries a battered rapier and tarnished club as well. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ida was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Spy, but she got bored and became a Crown-heir. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a pastel feather.

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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He got into the Banker business at a young age. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He struck the Banker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She wears a blue shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Unemployed. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She became a Unemployed soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Unemployed responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is lengthy. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).