Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Veit learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Amber (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is silver and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Torgga 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 dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She very much looks the part of a Laborer. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Hugolina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and red tie. Her brass crest is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Jheri is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jheri studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Umpen wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Umpen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.