Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a white top hat and white clothes. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ruler who has hired him part-time. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Jak was born with his father's beautiful face. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Jak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'5". He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. He has moderate length silver hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Jocelyn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Jocelyn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. Her red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

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 seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Through the years after Hethress was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Hethress's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Azaki was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (80 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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-brother.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 gp. Amber (140 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy brass crest. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sora was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd, and is pretty ugly. Her silver crest is matted, messy, and big. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Ruloth 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. Ruloth 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).