Description: This man is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is brown and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest is bronze and very short. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Eggren was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Eggren was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'9" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Chrysoprase (80 gp).