Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver crest is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 250 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Jade (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Halimath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. She has a hunchback. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is scarred and worn.

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. 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: Vola was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Miner again; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 220 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. She has golden hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ahlyssa 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 Ahlyssa. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp.