Description: This eastern woman is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is cut close to her head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Veloptima 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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nutae never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by his family

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has no crest. His ears are large.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the north. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Knight work with an outfit from a few towns over. Knight work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Knight job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a brown shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has auburn hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Fisher, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a fisher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the north to a Beggar, Jade learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her black hair up. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.