Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her golden hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Abalaba is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Abalaba studied abroad. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Jade (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. She is an epitome of beauty. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are green.

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. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Griselda grew up listening to her father's many stories. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her tied-back hair is white. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'9" and wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Locksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Thervan was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 8000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jade (150 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born in the west to a Crown-heir, Aasathra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a Crown-heir soon after.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jet (60 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Pink diamond (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. The war was a terrible time for her, and Herleva does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Hematite (6 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.