Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a very tight haircut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Ur-Dag hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Ur-Dag began to lead the lost caravan. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Alston will drive conversation. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Alston was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Blacksmith. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has done her best to style her gold crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Being a Healer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears blue trousers with violet and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is an amazing painter.

History: Antinua hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.