Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Mantus was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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. Mantus fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rose (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Azurite (6 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf. His brown hair is lengthy. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern 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: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 37000 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1300 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in a small island village. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the right. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ea's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: An older man who wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His black hair is lengthy. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. He found a children's book about a Elf Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.