Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is brown and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Akmen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. Akmen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Akmen was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp).

Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and swords. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Thorpe 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. He uses divination through singing.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Thorpe was taken on many hunting expeditions. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail. She wears her silver hair up. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Being a Mason kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1700 gp. Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Amber (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Coral (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She usually wears her white robe and has her axe always slung over her shoulder. She has moderate length golden hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Crown-heir. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.