Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is well kept. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a Painter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but she was a colossal failure. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born in the west. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'1". He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered white stockings, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. He has moderate length golden hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Kody was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 pp.