Description: This late middle aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miner. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A powerful slaver 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. Being a Miner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this southern man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Scribe. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the south to a Scribe, Charles learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jade (70 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. Her red hair is still thick. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.