Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Isabella was born with her father's beautiful face. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is short and auburn. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Katherine studied abroad. She worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. She struck the Armorer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no hair. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Tim was born the youngest of three triplets. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp. Coral (100 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. Through the years after Hugh was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Hugh's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). 2 Acid flasks.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Baker, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Baker and was forced into it by her family; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A 5'5" northern woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Lia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with blue slacks. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Thea has worked very hard to control her curse. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.