Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her hair is red and very short. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Vaina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Vaina was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Military, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Amber (90 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears tattered old clothes. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Serpent is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Serpent lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Coral (110 gp). Sard (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). White opal (900 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Greethen was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Greethen was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 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.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Efferil was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to protect his home

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Jet (100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her morningstar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10000 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'8". He wears long strands of ruby and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is short and silver. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). 1 Major magic item.