Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Balifra enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is content; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 330 gp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He very much looks the part of a Guard. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Hunter was born with his father's beautiful face. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has worked as a Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver pearl (160 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bundrigo will drive conversation. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bundrigo studied abroad. At some point he was captured by giants and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. 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: Money/treasure; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Laborer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Laborer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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 seems to be bored by most things; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp. Azurite (13 gp). 3 Antitoxin.