Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She wears her white hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shamil studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 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 (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his chestnut hair up. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Zepar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 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 (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raymond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His blonde hair is cut short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and carries shortbows. She has wavy red hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Emmeline alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Religious, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: River is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Jet (100 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Iolite (30 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.