Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Body Guard, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Avice hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, marred by beers. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 pp. Red garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Assassin who has hired him part-time. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has a crush on the local shipwright

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Acid flasks. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Holy water.