Description: An older man who wears blue trousers with brown and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, he is not a threatening figure. He has moderate length auburn hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nim's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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 born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Whurbin was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 230 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her first spouse was a Painter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2300 sp. Citrine (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His black hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Charles embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp).

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished bastard sword as well. She has no fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Seven abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp.