Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has black eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is an amazing painter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When Astar reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a pastel collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her fur is cinnamon and very short. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 180 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder, and carries quarterstaffs. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her ears are large.

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. 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: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker red hat.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Chenna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His gray fur is smooth and relatively long. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Great hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears professional attire. She has wavy red hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Animal Trainer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Tailor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tailor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Tailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Jet (70 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is short and brown. Her white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 110 gp.