Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is well kept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a Architect first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor, and he perpetually has his axe ready. He wears his black hair down. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was a Painter, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, PTSD. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears professional attire. Her hair is red and curly. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Jade (140 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Engraver

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

Possessions: 4000 sp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is scarred and worn.

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. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Malquis studied abroad. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His gray fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30 gp.