Description: He has a missing left arm. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Carrie was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His crest is cut close to his head. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Soapmaker. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Soapmaker. He struck the Soapmaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 26000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She has styled her green crest well, parting it to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sculptor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sculptor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Anselm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: 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; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Thamuz 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. Thamuz decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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 Junk Dealer. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Junk Dealer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to be a bather again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'3". She wears tattered old clothes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her hair is white and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ahlyssa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This southern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Dee was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Tailor. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new tailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.