Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Azurite (6 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His dark red hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Oriax does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Oriax was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Now he works as a writing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She has moderate length red hair. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Kasdeya was born the youngest of three triplets. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting brigands, the young Kasdeya began to lead the lost caravan. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and brown robe with the hood down. His red fur, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp. Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple white robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair is still thick. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and grey robe with the hood down. She has yellow fur. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Dagger was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her first spouse was a Performer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson tan hat.

Personality: Ranala hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Yvonne was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Yvonne's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp).