Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears dull violet sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sword, just in case. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the west. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Peter alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses like a well dressed Barrister does. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the south to a Barrister, Ermina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.