Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Rûkdûg's homeland. Rûkdûg decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Navigator.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and carries warhammers. She has shaved her head bald. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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. After a long history of fighting, Mantus and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Antinua is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Antinua studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Barbarian school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.