Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her red hair up. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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 the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

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

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Malachite (9 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a black suit. His long silver crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Heskan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She sports a flattop fur cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 pp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: A 6'3" northern woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the north. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has blue eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a great chef.

History: He was born into a rich family. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Born in the west to a Mason, Alexandre learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is cut short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears tattered old clothes. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Himo is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.