Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has styled his blue hair well, parting it to the left. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving A true patriot, Astar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Astar was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Astar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears just a tan suit, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1400 sp. Moonstone (80 gp). Jet (130 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'5" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and green tie. His auburn hair is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

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

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has wavy black fur. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older man who likes to wear brown tank tops with red pants, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 12000 sp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a Weaver, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp.