Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Frouse has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Greedy. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears professional attire. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Shamash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 19000 sp. Jade (120 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is braided into rings. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bounty Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

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 became a Bounty Hunter soon after.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears a black collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He struck the Ruler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Emotional, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Peridot (50 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She carries with her a set of greataxes, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has brown hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born into a rich family. Andraste was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Andraste decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Servant.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).