Description: This man wears dull yellow sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad yellow hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He struck the Cook job and began his own company from 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; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'7" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are black.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Seddit was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bookbinder. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born into a rich family. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. After a long history of fighting, Gormogord and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.