Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a hunchback. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in the north. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. His tied-back hair is white. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Paggen studied abroad. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1900 pp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a grey small hat and grey clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is black and curly. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mary does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Mary was born with her mother's beautiful face. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Citrine (20 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Gillyd liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Gargax liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he is greedy

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 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: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is dressed in an above average manner. His silver hair is lengthy. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.