Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Born in the west to a Bricklayer, Barakas learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He became a Bricklayer soon after.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bricklayer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Jade (90 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He carries a battered whip and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His crest is green and very short. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hirrathak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. Amethyst (150 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman usually wears her grey robe and has her falchion always slung over her shoulder, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Stylist who has hired her part-time. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She comes from a rich western family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Miner. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 cp. White pearl (160 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is typically in his Sage uniform. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He struck the Sage job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears just a red suit. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Jocelyn hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Jocelyn was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 sp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears grey trousers with black and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Hlin was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hlin decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and 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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His brown hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Fonkin was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken from his home at a very young age. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 26000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

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 vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Einkil was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Einkil's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp).