Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hand crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries a battered whip and tarnished hand crossbow as well. She has wavy auburn hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ahlyssa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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 west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has worked as a Engraver like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has no hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Armorer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Armorer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Scribe but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Animal Trainer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Scribe, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her brown fur is braided into rings. She is baby faced.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born into a rich family. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Standing 4'4", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

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. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp. White pearl (160 gp).