Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has black eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to protect his home

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 pp. Jasper (80 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (100 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has no hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a Crown-heir, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is cut short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bernard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Carnelian (30 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His crest is gold and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Azzakh is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'11" and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Nija was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 5000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Amber (110 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is typically in his Animal Trainer uniform. He has moderate length white hair. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 pp. Amber (110 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.