Description: He wears professional attire. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. A true patriot, Ortegar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has moderate length black hair. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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: She was born into a rich family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She tends to her Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and longswords. She has wavy white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her lavender fur is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Barkeep business.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.