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. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Smoking was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Smoking fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 pp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Jet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Navigator. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a navigator and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 pp. Red garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Coral (90 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 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.

Description: This man wears bulky white painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is short and silver. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Sard (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'8" and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shortspear on his belt. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a Banker, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Ermina reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is greedy

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 pp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She sports chestnut long hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tan shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Sailor business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp).