Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Vorka lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears bulky green painted plate armor. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a green costume with the symbols of luck on his torso, and is pretty ugly. His green crest has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 41000 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Heian isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Tailor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this western woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Trym wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She sports golden long hair. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Bricklayer and found it very stressful. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Impulsive, Mundane. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 pp. White pearl (60 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His tied-back hair is silver. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 cp.