Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of a Dilettante, who enjoyed hunting, John was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. John 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 John. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and 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: Passionate, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2100 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rose (70 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born into a rich family. Through the years after Jo was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Jo's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her scarlet crest is still thick. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Saphara liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She struck the Tailor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Slave Trader uniform. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's also a talented Priest, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With wild blonde hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp.