Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Hugolina was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Hugolina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by her family; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She sports silver long hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

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 would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Malachite (9 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is typically in her Sage uniform. She has moderate length brown hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Hadwisa was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Sage. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has moderate length golden hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Heather was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).