Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. A true patriot, Ortegar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His crest is short and black. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'6" and wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cockaby is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: Born in the south to a Navigator, Cockaby learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and rapiers. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She uses divination through singing.

History: Farideh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Farideh was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Farideh decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Nalral is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 210 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a very tight haircut. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Gurdis never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy black hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ulla does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red fur, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Junk Dealer. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is cut short. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Yurgunn was born with her father's beautiful face. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).