Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Richard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He's also a talented Bowyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. 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 will rave to anyone who will listen. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Sethrekar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Sethrekar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sethrekar decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this eastern woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has styled her gold crest well, parting it to the left. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 80 gp.