Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her white crest in a flapper bob. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Surina was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her broad yellow hat.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emmeline studied abroad. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Harvest was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Harvest's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and scythes. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Heian is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a large green jacket. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Merchant who has hired him part-time. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Dilettante. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This black eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Rimmon was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Butcher. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).