Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Hatae abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a crush on the local fisher

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. With bright brown hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely black suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Astaro grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Astaro. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A true patriot, Volen would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her childhood dream was to be a Servant, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Egelina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Egelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her yellow fur is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Brewer. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Moon was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 22000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: A 6'3" eastern woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp. Moonstone (60 gp).