Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her white hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Shax hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Shax abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'7" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 15000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He usually wears his blue robe and has his longsword always slung over his shoulder. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: He was born at the edge of vast island. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 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 (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears green trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brass crest is long and unkept. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Now he works as a writing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Jet (40 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Rose (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown 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 5'10" when asserting himself. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. 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: He comes from a rich southern family. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Ronk was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 7000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tattered old clothes. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Courier. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Unvera was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.