Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ishte was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Tod wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She has black crest. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Vezera and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp. White pearl (120 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Willow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: She wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her brown hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Orianna enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Orianna 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. Orianna decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Jet (70 gp). Rose (20 gp).