Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Lewis will drive conversation. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tattered old clothes. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Server. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Coral (110 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Drusilia was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Drusilia was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Drusilia decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She stands about 2'9" and is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports brown long hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jillian studied abroad. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Ribbles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Jeweler they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Carter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears her blonde hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Agnes was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Agnes's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy auburn hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Falkrunn learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Giselle's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her first spouse was a Weaver, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Weaver they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Engraver, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.