Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shivering was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 Miner. She has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40000 cp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Jasper (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Mardred was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She has a hunchback. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Coral (80 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and bastard swords. His golden hair is thinning but still full. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Ar-Beka was born with his father's beautiful face. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and white tie. His bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great joy in being the best Brewer in town.

History: Vrondiss was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Roofer, but he got bored and became a Brewer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has chestnut hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in the east to a Glassblower, Anbera learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mayor.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 3 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Thunderstones.