Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His dark red hair is lengthy. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Raam never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his long gold crest kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Sailor like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. A true patriot, Rolf would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Rolf hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a falchion on his belt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Charles's homeland. Charles decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Charles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His tied-back hair is red. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has moderate length blue hair. Her silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. White pearl (120 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears blue trousers with black and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She bought a mace and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.