Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. His hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Trag isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Cumpen hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Interpreter does. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Tawar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Tawar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has achieved small success as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This woman wears a white vest and prefers brown and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is short and brown. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Nikki was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She is a Succubi in disguise. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tan trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Enialis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has blonde hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Traulam lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp.