Description: A moderately attractive woman, she likes to wear yellow tank tops with brown skirt. She has shaved her head bald. She has a tattooed face.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Butcher but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Mara was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He has white eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'4" and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length gold crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 feels threatened by others; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 80 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears white trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born in the south. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Lavinia was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this southern man dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3100 sp. Zircon (50 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a green armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her black fur in a flapper bob. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She takes great joy in being the best Carter in town.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Stableman, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He uses divination through singing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.