Description: She is lean but muscular and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her silver crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Unemployed, who enjoyed hunting, Surina was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Unemployed, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She struck the Locksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, white cloak. She has auburn hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Locksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has worked as a Locksmith like her mother before her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: 30 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Sekhmet speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a whip on her belt. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shipwright for hire.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 150 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This southern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Pelaios was born with his mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her tied-back hair is white. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Vanchu is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Brewer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Dara was born the youngest of three triplets. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bricklayer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bricklayer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Bricklayer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jade (150 gp).