Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nurkara grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nurkara. Being a Painter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is black and curly. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white crest, when down, is lengthy. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears professional attire. He wears his brown hair down. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naeris is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a very tight haircut. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'9" southern woman, she tends to wear a large violet jacket. She has golden hair. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Hatae 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: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Rose (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Stableman father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2500 sp.