Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a very tight haircut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gifted student she started as a Map Maker, but she got bored and became a Miner. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She's in love; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is typically in his Stylist uniform. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Varis was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

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

Possessions: 1100 pp. Hematite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears professional attire. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Architect but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Architect. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new architect responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 sp. Golden pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is golden and curly. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She worked as a nervous Farmer and found it very stressful. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears just a green suit, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His crest is silver and curly. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is physically well-built. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and 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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).