Description: She is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Painter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a hunchback. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is typically in his Shipwright uniform. He has wavy white hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the east to a Shipwright, Zaffrab learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Shipwright. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1400 sp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: A 4'9" eastern woman, she wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her silver hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. She has worked as a Scribe like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 90 gp.