Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears her black hair down. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Sensitive, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His hair is short and golden. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Chad grew up listening to his father's many stories. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses like a well dressed Navigator does. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Navigator for hire.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered dire rats who tried to eat her hand. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, green cloak. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Ishte enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ishte liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Jasper (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).