Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She has a hunchback. She has wavy auburn hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a Bather, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears bulky red painted plate armor. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Chad was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her tied-back hair is red. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. After months of barely getting by, Eva managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is an epitome of beauty. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Jeweler. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. In her youth she was a Shipwright, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp.