Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, grey shirt, and blue tie. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 240 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a Body Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Body Guard for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and carries crossbows. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with her Mayor father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Ovak took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is black and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gimgen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Jheri wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Jheri was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Rose (70 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'9". She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Valanthe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Stylist. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 6'3". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. He wears his purple hair down. His eyes are gold.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the south to a Barrister, Cairn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Cairn took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has worked as a Barrister like his father before 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 has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Coral (70 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.