Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her red hair down. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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 daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Abalaba was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Slave Trader, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has a hunchback. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her first spouse was a Cook, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. 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. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length scarlet crest. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears professional attire, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has moderate length copper crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished scythe as well. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is typically in her Apothecary uniform. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When Malquis reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He likes to wear black tank tops with red pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black vest and prefers violet and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 24. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by sweets. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 140 gp.