Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the north to a Crown-heir, Cockaby learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a brown vest and prefers yellow and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, marred by sweets. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears a violet tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: Born in the south to a Masseuse, Dean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dean grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dean. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and balancing his hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long black fur kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear green tank tops with black pants. He has dyed his greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Adventurer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born in the east. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.