Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Jaxi and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has slicked back silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ilde lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 pp. Red spinel (120 gp). Sard (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her bronze crest is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her golden hair is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. Nurkara is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Nurkara was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Stableman kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She prefers to wear flannel. She has slicked back blonde hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Elizabeth grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2700 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.