Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hatae is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Greedy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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 is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). White opal (400 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Sard (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: This malnourished man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His copper crest is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bidreked was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 15000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Servant uniform. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She has no hair. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has worked as a Sailor like his father before him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 sp.