Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available she will default to her hammer. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a great chef.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a hunchback. His tied-back hair is red. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Heian's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. He became a Crown-heir soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat and is in decent physical shape. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears professional attire. He wears his auburn hair down. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Simon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Layabout, but he got bored and became a Detective. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stylist for hire.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has worked as a Unemployed like his mother before him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Glassblower. She carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished scimitar as well. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but she was a colossal failure. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'1" and wears a red top hat and red clothes. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Doctor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She got into the Doctor business at a young age. Euphemia was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Euphemia decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. She has wavy blonde hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a Apothecary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1600 sp.