Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. His gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the west. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Eleanor was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Guard. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her crest is red and curly. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She struck the Mayor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Mara and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished flail as well. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1900 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Sard (30 gp). Hematite (8 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Beggar for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Serpent 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 Serpent. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

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 she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

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

Possessions: 4000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this western woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp.