Description: This late middle aged man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Carrie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a black collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Huru liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This late middle aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times and is in decent physical shape. She wears her silver hair down. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mastema does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Mastema was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His fur is white and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Tailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tabaxis in Shivering's homeland. Shivering decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown 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: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Kithri was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sage. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She wears her red hair up. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. With wild brown hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy blonde hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A gifted student he started as a Slave Trader, but he got bored and became a Herbalist. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 110 gp.