Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Courier kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vepar studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Vepar took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rose (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His tied-back hair is blonde. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp).

Description: Standing 3'4", this man wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his auburn hair down. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Frouse took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sai and armor he uses now. After a long history of fighting, Frouse and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 42000 sp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is an epitome of beauty. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Performer. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Audhild learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Audhild was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Performer. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To protect her home; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is an amazing painter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, grey shirt, and brown tie. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Rurik was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.