Description: He wears just a black suit. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Valafar 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 Valafar. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold.

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 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 into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe, marred by teas. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and 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: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he usually wears his grey robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Being a Cartwright kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He wears his yellow fur down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Dagger was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20000 sp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Nogu was born with her father's beautiful face. Nogu liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 90 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).