Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has moderate length red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Manea was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Herbalist. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Slave Trader. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Althaea was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 sp. White pearl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She wears professional attire. She sports auburn long hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his silver hair down. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rangrim embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Coral (100 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her tied-back hair is black. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blue hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'3" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Fortune-teller born in the past three hundred years. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Vlorn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He carries with him a set of bows, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy blonde hair. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Ortegar was born with his father's beautiful face. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 120 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.