Description: He wears white trousers with tan and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hobart was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 40000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: 2'11" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing a long, white cloak. She sports blonde long hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats, and carries tridents. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born into a rich family. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has gold crest. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Shedinn hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting illithids, the young Shedinn began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a yellow broad hat and yellow clothes, marred by beers. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Elysande lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She dresses like a well dressed Laborer does. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Loopmottin embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student she started as a Junk Dealer, but she got bored and became a Laborer. After a long history of fighting, Loopmottin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Dee is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Dee hails from a village terrorized by giants. Dee was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Engraver. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Onyx (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is a Succubi in disguise. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bather, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Obsidian (9 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.