Description: This southern man is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: 4'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the north to a Slave Trader, Valida learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Shy, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak, and carries axes. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Virra was taken on many hunting expeditions. Virra 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 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 3'2", this man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 350 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Laucian will drive conversation. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Laucian studied abroad. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 360 gp.