Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His first spouse was a Servant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has done his best to style his rusty crest to look like a famous performer. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Rhogar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Rhogar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her auburn hair is well kept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Matilda is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Matilda was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Sage. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is short and white. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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 was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. 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 seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a brown feathered hat and brown clothes. He has a hunchback. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a bather and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: PTSD, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Salanop grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. During her travels, Salanop and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Salanop discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Salanop fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Zircon (70 gp).