Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: This northern woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has dyed her greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is baby faced.

Personality: Ovak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Healer profession.

History: Ovak was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished pickaxe as well. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Through the years after Nimble was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Nimble's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Jet (80 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Sard (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: Standing 5'11", this woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is brown and curly. Her white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, her father struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Sard (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears dull violet sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sword, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, John was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 10000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 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 (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp).