Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Obsidian (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a grey tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes, she is not a threatening figure. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ella does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Assassin. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Assassin.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Mayor. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Chaedi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Her addictions have taken their toll on her wallet, and she has found herself with a great deal of debt owed.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 160 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shoemaker business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.