Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tattered old clothes. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Anbera is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is dressed in an above average manner. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 30000 cp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: William is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has achieved small success as a Banker.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and he is greedy

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears a simple white robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her white hair is braided into rings. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ubada has worked very hard to control her curse. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1300 gp. White opal (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks. She has a hunchback. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and flails. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Cook kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She has no hair. This amber eyed southerner 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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: To be a Farmer again.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. Her long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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, Tatyan is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Navigator hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Assassin. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2700 sp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).