Description: This exceptionally lanky man very much looks the part of a Apothecary. He has brown hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ernest studied abroad. A freak accident while working with his Seamstress mother left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Gildmak liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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 at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has blonde hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 pp.