Description: This slender woman stands about 5'1". She tends to wear a large green jacket. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ishte does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'6" eastern woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Jane was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has wavy silver hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Herleva was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 310 pp. Hematite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Coral (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). White opal (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gifted student he started as a Tanner, but he got bored and became a Bather. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.