Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is long and white with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Born to a Painter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses like a well dressed Bather does. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Cumpen was born with her father's beautiful face. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She struck the Bather job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Tanner, her father struggled to pay the bills. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is short and dark red. She has gold eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp.