Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Herleva was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Susannah was born with her father's beautiful face. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Susannah managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: 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: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a simple brown robe with red stripes complete with hood. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).