Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her shield always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is well kept. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and carries maces. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Debt, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: William was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp).