Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red crest is singed and shortened. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Matilda embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Secretive, Mundane. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Everard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak, and he perpetually has his crossbow ready. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in the south to a Adventurer, Fenriz learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Oskar was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Miner. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Silk rope.