Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Emerald (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly tridents and bows. He wears his black hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a colorful flower in his scarlet crest. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the west. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He tends to his Cartwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sculptor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears skinny pants and wears a red and black robe with the hood down. He is an epitome of beauty. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born into a rich family. Tod liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'11" when asserting herself. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. She is a great chef.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Mardnab hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Arara 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. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arara grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Arara. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch.