Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has wavy dark red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a Slave Trader first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A true patriot, Astaro would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has achieved small success as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a black top hat and black clothes. Her crest is copper, silky, and of moderate length. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Marshal. She wears her silver crest up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the east to a Marshal, Perra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Marshal and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 370 gp.