Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a grey shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. A true patriot, Alice would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Blacksmith business.

History: Lone lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Violet garnet (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Amber (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.