Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a white feathered hat and white clothes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Being a Bellfounder kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bellfounder responsibilities is difficult; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Coral (80 gp).

Description: He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He is physically well-built. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born into a rich family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her long red fur kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 would like to get married and retire; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the south to a Seamstress, Drogo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears dull black sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ronwe is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Ronwe and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is a Stableman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 cp.