Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has moderate length golden hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 22. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Himo was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Himo decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2600 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Sculptor, who enjoyed hunting, Ar-Baruk was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ar-Baruk abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the south to a Fletcher, Miles learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fletcher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Job, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Arnold embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Arnold and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. A true patriot, Vorka would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

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

Possessions: 10000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with yellow slacks. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Mindartis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Mindartis's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jet (80 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Naivara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 110 pp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Sculptor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Abad lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, Debt. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.