Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is short and red. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Server arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His red crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Fax's homeland. Fax decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her hair is blonde and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Egelina was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Fortune-teller. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her crest is rusty and curly. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eggren grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has beige fur. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He 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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's in love; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears just a violet suit, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. 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 in the west. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. She is physically well-built. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 sp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Peridot (30 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Efferil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has worked as a Stableman like his father before him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 pp. Eye agate (15 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).