Description: This tall, slender man wears a black collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is white and very short. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Oriax hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Urshar was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Urshar was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Cynical, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His tied-back hair is white. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Wiggens is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Wiggens grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Sard (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).