Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a Crown-heir, his father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple blue robe with white stripes complete with hood. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and whips. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Through the years after Jacoba was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Jacoba's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. A freak accident while working with her Blacksmith mother left her crippled. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Jabbie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her tied-back hair is white. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She comes from a rich western family. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 250 pp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Diggory was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 30 pp.