Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. With bright black hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She comes from a rich western family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Althaea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Rose (80 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Shanairla 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. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 pp. Star ruby (400 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his white robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His first spouse was a Hunter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Jeweler.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished flail as well. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Windy was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Being a Seamstress kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Pink diamond (7000 gp). White opal (400 gp). Rose (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has moderate length white fur. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Baker. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Rose (70 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).