Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She wears her auburn hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Tana is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sculptor and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Banded agate (16 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings and is in decent physical shape. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amber (140 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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: Orla lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Orla took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up dagger and armor she uses now. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Tomi was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tomi decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50000 cp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a violet shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants. He has wavy chestnut hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears professional attire. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Borun grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Borun. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is short and white. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Chenna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and balancing her hectic life and new banker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". He wears a red shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and tan pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ortegar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Coral (160 gp).