Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has moderate length auburn hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Joan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy golden hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Cory speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Fletcher business at a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fletcher for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses like a well dressed Dyer does. His brown hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad red hat.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Lewis's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Peridot (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Seamstress does, and she perpetually has her glaive ready. Her white hair is wavy and long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her childhood dream was to be a Knight, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Seamstress job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.