Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her dark red hair is lengthy. She has black eyes.

Personality: Lerissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His tied-back hair is blonde. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His first spouse was a Baker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Backpack. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her brown hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cartwright, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His beige fur is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed pastel hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is white and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: Born to a Dilettante, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Everburning torch.