Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Varis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She has dyed her greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. Her ears are large.

Personality: Semyaza is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in the east to a Slave Trader, Semyaza learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Aline enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to gnolls.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (100 gp).

Description: This eastern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He got into the Roofer business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new roofer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Actor profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Rosamund was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and expand her business

Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).