Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carpenter. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 30. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Maegan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sword on her belt. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tordek 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 Tordek. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'5" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has no hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Slave Trader. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. 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 tends to her Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1400 sp.