Description: This woman is very fat, and wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She has wavy red hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

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. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 Layabout. She has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 12000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Rûg is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. 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 north. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 9000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her auburn hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: The child of a Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Gynnie was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Family, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is a Mayor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mayor. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 12000 gp. Coral (160 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Jade (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on her left side. She has styled her brass crest well, parting it to the left. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her hair is short and auburn. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 8000 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Rose (80 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. A friendly and beautiful Elf, 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 born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A gifted student he started as a Stylist, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.