Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her purple hair is thinning but still full. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the south to a Guard, Criella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Passionate, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 6000 cp. Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 2'11". He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 20 gp. Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Jade does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and bastard swords. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Rael 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. Rael decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Being a Stableman kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.