Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Herbalist. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Armara was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barrister. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She has slicked back red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Server arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Zagga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He 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. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her fur is white and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Serpent never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1700 sp. Star ruby (900 gp).