Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears bulky white painted plate armor. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bucklal studied abroad. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered blue hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Azaki hails from a village terrorized by goblins. At some point he was captured by goblins and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. She became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak, and carries scimitars. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Hunter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Miner, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has white hair. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her long blue crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Pogranix will drive conversation. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. After a long history of fighting, Pogranix and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has auburn hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nissa 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 Nissa. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 360 gp.