Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a green and yellow handkerchief worn on her right side. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Arava was born the youngest of three triplets. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 pp. Jade (140 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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 she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1200 pp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears her brown hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Selfish, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her nunchaku with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Detective who has hired her part-time. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears a blue costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered tan hat.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jet (100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.