Description: This tall, slender man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is chestnut and curly. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ratak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1300 pp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Coral (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears professional attire. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 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.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His long brown fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Coral (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'5" 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. She has dyed her greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Chassath embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Chassath was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His crest is copper and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Rathkran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1200 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she usually wears her black robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her white crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Servant business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 16000 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rose (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, marred by beers. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 58. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Bricklayer, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He has worked as a Doctor like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Rose (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp).