Description: This younger middle-aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Avelina was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shane has worked very hard to control his curse. Being a Locksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Elysande was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Elysande was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Cook. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Moonstone (30 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.