Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. She has a very tight haircut. She wears an eyepatch.

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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nalaed studied abroad. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Barkeep job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is content; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This eastern man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 cp. Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is short and blue. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

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 often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Zepar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Gilthur was born with his mother's beautiful face. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 10 pp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. Her hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed yellow hat.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Gomory was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 Barber. He has achieved small success as a Barber.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 gp.