Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears blue trousers with violet and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Nim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp. Jade (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes, she is not a threatening figure. Her black crest is braided into rings. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the south to a Layabout, Raiann learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Nora was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Butcher. She tends to her Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his white hair down. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. After coming to the age of reason, Marbas took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Sammal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His hair is white and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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: Wants a kiss; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Ielenia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This woman wears a white vest and prefers tan and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Syllin was born with her mother's beautiful face. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp.