Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his trident. His hair is black and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Menny was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Egelina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Egelina took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has never given up on her singing dream.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a tan vest and prefers grey and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Leshanna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Leshanna was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Laborer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his red crest up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Kerkad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

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

Possessions: 600 sp. Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp).

Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a blue scarf. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Frug was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fisher responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has wavy black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His first spouse was a Adventurer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 gp.