Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Naeris was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports silver long hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Heather's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older man who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is chestnut and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Barkeep. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 370 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a hunchback. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Patrick lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This woman wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has white eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Damakos was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears just a blue suit. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 sp.