Description: This woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 360 gp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears just a white suit. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Jo is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Jo was taken on many hunting expeditions. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Jo and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ratlûg 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. Ratlûg 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her gold crest is knotted and matted. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Military, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. His brass crest is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 120 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp).