Description: He stands about 5'7" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Abad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a green shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has black eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Ishte was born with her father's beautiful face. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Ishte and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her white fur has been sun bleached extensively. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Slave Trader. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 gp. Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished trident as well. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 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 money and likes to spend it; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has blonde hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

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. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a server again

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 42000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a green scarf. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He wears his auburn hair down. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Herbalist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Lamlis hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lamlis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Lamlis. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp.