Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a pastel vest and prefers grey and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student she started as a Performer, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a green tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30000 cp. Malachite (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of maces on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp).