Description: He is a husky man, who wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His hair is white and curly. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (130 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. To his fellows he 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: He got into the Sage business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Alvyn was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's in love.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She sports auburn long hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Harriet enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She got into the Bellfounder business at a young age. Through the years after Harriet was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Harriet's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She stands about 6'3" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length beige fur. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and flails. He has moderate length purple hair. His ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Server arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Kugáluga was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Kugáluga never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp.