Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Stableman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Ekk was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ekk's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Aasathra was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Gardener. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 29000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His beige fur is thinning but still full. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's in love; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Dimble is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Dimble hails from a village terrorized by drow. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Bloodstone (60 gp).