Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Hematite (10 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries with him a set of clubs on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arannis grew up listening to his father's many stories. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 14000 cp. Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears long strands of sapphire and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is long and golden with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Cartwright soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Star ruby (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'7". He is typically in his Mason uniform. He has moderate length white crest. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a great chef.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Amber (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: This woman likes to wear blue tank tops with white skirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. With bright red hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Ruler business.

History: Donella was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1700 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in the south. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this southern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears tattered old clothes. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gillyd isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.