Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He has a hunchback. He has silver hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. After a long history of fighting, Manfred and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a crush on the local dilettante

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and green tie. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His gray fur is braided into rings. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Carpenter and found it very stressful. He tends to his Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She carries with her a set of greataxes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Sutha is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Murook was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Murook decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After a long history of fighting, Murook and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1300 sp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: 3'7" and muscular, this eastern man prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Spice Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's in love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 390 gp. 2 Thunderstones.