Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern woman very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Matilda learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. With bright blonde hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Adelaide is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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: Adelaide was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Shepherd, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Adelaide is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the arcane 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: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rohesia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Rohesia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.