Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Mantus was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 pp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has white hair. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Marbas was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Marbas decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has styled her cinnamon fur well, parting it to the left. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is white and very short. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is well kept. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born in the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 240 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Manea will drive conversation. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).