Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and violet pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses divination through singing.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a marshal again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 170 gp. Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Mella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Matilda has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a tan shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and tan pants. She has moderate length black hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a green tunic with pastel highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jet (160 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Cook. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cook. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Stableman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Shepherd, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 10000 cp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the north. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 sp. Jade (130 gp).

Description: A 3'8" eastern man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is short and golden. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the east to a Servant, Zaffrab learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Zaffrab has worked very hard to control his curse. He has achieved small success as a Servant.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Half-Plate.