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. Her tied-back hair is white. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Herleva has worked very hard to control her curse. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Gold music box (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has a hunchback. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2700 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear red tank tops with brown skirt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with her Scribe father left her crippled. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is short and white. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great joy in being the best Fortune-teller in town.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: An older man who wears a tan tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Wrenn abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She carries a battered sai and tarnished greataxe as well. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.