Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a violet vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length bronze crest. He is baby faced.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has shaved his head bald. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 gp.