Description: He wears a simple red robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Junk Dealer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the north to a Junk Dealer, Bhevek learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Matilda will drive conversation. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She found a children's book about a Human Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He tends to his Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An older man who has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pallabar studied abroad. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pallabar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His red fur is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Serpent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Abad hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Bard 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Murgen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with her Server mother left her crippled. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.