Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Raer hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 sp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. With bright chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Eloise has worked very hard to control her curse. She tends to her Sailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1800 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Jade (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Actor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.