Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 sp. Moss agate (16 gp). Amber (70 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'10" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and yellow pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Yvonne has worked very hard to control her curse. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.