Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a great chef.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are violet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He stands about 3'0" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bundrigo's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Bundrigo was born with his mother's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and carries greataxes. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears just a blue suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He is greedy; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Tailor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tattered old clothes. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Caeldrim was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 290 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: This man wears a fancy blue suit, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his blonde hair up. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

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 is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp.