Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Portia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Portia was taken on many hunting expeditions. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male likes to wear yellow tank tops with red pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. 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 irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Theriatis never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Black opal (1400 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.