Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is short and white. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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 youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 40 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. She has shaved her head bald. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shipwright profession.

History: Alex was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3200 gp.