Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Zepar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is short and blonde. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has wavy silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Vola hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 sp. White pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Surina alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).