Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Barakas studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Justice, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver crest. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a hunchback. Her silver crest is thinning but still full. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 240 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).