Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her whip. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Althaea never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Architect arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He very much looks the part of a Shoemaker. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in the west. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Azurite (12 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp).

Description: This western woman wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 84. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Cecily reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He carries a battered club and tarnished axe as well. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 sp.