Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a red costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She has hazel eyes.

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. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Now she works as a poetry tutor during her time off.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a violet shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thorpe is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Damien studied abroad. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a long, red cloak. He wears his golden hair down. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gold.

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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Masseuse kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has silver hair. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Anakis hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 sp.