Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red crest is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this eastern woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length red fur. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Verna grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Verna. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Terse. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Banded mail.