Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Ermina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. 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 Spy. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'1" and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born in the west. After coming to the age of reason, Galiena took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Simple lock. 1 Superior lock. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mason born in the past three hundred years. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but he was a colossal failure. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 pp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a blue vest and prefers grey and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. Black opal (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).