Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His crest is scarlet and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1800 pp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Sard (40 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Skûn never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 9000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Coral (130 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a hand crossbow on her belt. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 pp. 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: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stableman but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1300 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Sard (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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 his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Amber (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gell was born with his father's beautiful face. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Gell never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp).