Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Jarana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to be a bounty hunter again

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stylist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Randal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To protect his home; and doesn't want to be a stylist and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Hematite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'10", this man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is lengthy. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, 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. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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: To end his boredom; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and carries warhammers. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ombul was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a very tight haircut. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a green costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her hair is blue and very short. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Decarabia has worked very hard to control her curse. She tends to her Bellfounder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Banded agate (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks. She carries with her a set of bows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her ears are large.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born in the north. Cumpen was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mason. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.