Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'6" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He wears his black hair up. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. A true patriot, Krûk would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Krûk was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She carries a battered bow and tarnished scimitar as well. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now mingles about in high society.

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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man wears a simple brown robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Body Guard. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and kukris. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Slave Trader profession.

History: Born in the south to a Body Guard, Ilga learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She struck the Body Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 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's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and she perpetually has her rapier ready. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

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

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Doctor like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her brown hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Eloise 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. Eloise decided she wanted neither the life of her mother 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. Being a Marshal kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 sp.