Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Manfred was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp. Jasper (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his hammer. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady copper eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp.

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 a black collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a very tight haircut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. After coming to the age of reason, Oolah took it upon herself to study the martial 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 painting dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: Gifted from a young age, Traulam studied abroad. She was taken from her home at a very young age. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Bricklayer; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a violet shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 sp. Red garnet (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. Being a Bellfounder kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Family, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 sp.