Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Thiala is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Thiala has worked very hard to control her curse. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2700 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: She wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her fur is orange and very short. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Shadow never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, In love, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His silver crest, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 pp. Amber (90 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Amber (90 gp).

Description: This western man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His purple hair is heavily combed to the left. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Nirgel was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 240 gp.