Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1400 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Through the years after Shamil was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Shamil's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Shamil and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ekk isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a fancy black suit. He has wavy black hair. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 140 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Average lock.