Description: A 6'5" southern woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brass crest is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thava was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Shanairla never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has shaved his head bald. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Anselm was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Expand his business; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 sp.