Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy red suit. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She struck the Sellsword job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a spy again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'3". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the east. Nurkara was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Seamstress. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Coral (160 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sekhmet was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her gold crest, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mortician. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She struck the Mortician job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp. Jet (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Locksmith. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. Rûg is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. He tends to his Locksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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: Hatae was born with her mother's beautiful face. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Assassin.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Barkeep and found it very stressful. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Barkeep and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (80 gp).