Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

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. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Anne has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has moderate length red hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Being a Crown-heir 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: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy orange fur. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She has a hunchback. Her orange fur is braided into rings. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mason arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears just a white suit. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Barrister first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He usually wears his brown robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His yellow fur is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Now he works as a writing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Terse, Shy. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Coral (90 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears just a tan suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He has wavy blonde hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Eiravel was born the youngest of three triplets. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 250 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.