Description: 4'10" and muscular, this western woman wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Althaea was born with her father's beautiful face. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 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 father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tattered old clothes. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 6000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She uses divination through singing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Emmeline wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blue crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are red and catlike.

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 loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Painter. She has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears long strands of amber and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired him part-time. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. Through the years after Rurik was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Rurik's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 cp.