Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nadarr was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is well kept. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 sp. Eye agate (5 gp). Amber (40 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Bolhild was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Animal Trainer. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

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: Roland was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp.