Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Fortune-teller, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has slicked back brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Avelina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Peter enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Peter was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Architect for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30000 cp. Bloodstone (30 gp).