Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She has wavy beige fur. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Skirt lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are black.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Bryseis is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Bryseis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Sard (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: He wears a red shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Navigator. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born into a rich family. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and balancing his hectic life and new navigator responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'7" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cask grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Cask. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.