Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is red and very short. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Mardred was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Scribe. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears just a white suit. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born in the north. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north to a Bowyer, Veloptima learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Veloptima 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 Veloptima. She struck the Bowyer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her blonde hair up. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Shamil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Shamil liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 45000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is a Armorer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Banded agate (14 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Jade (140 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a grey shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. A true patriot, Ralf would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ralf was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 11000 sp. Amethyst (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available she will default to her quarterstaff. Her hair is black and curly. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp. Golden pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Sard (70 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.