Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jade (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Sard (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eloise studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Eloise took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After a long history of fighting, Eloise and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (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: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He very much looks the part of a Blacksmith. His blue hair is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Purson learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Blacksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 14000 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Jade (90 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Coral (90 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rose (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Jet (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is black and very short. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Koeth was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered yellow hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A true patriot, Uthemar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Coral (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Bernard was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel, and carries whips. Her hair is red and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Criella does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Gifted from a young age, Criella studied abroad. When Criella reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.