Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rurik isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 260 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a red vest and prefers grey and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his black hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ghaliver was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. Her hair is long and black with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She usually wears her brown robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north to a Dilettante, Anbera learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Half-Plate.