Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She comes from a rich western family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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 she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1600 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears pastel trousers with tan and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her fur, while still mostly yellow, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Skirt grew up listening to her mother's many stories. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10 pp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a fancy yellow suit. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Aerdeth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She has a very tight haircut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Mardnab was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 29000 sp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the right. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small violet hat.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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 on a small isolated farm. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. After a long history of fighting, Joan and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.