Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black broad hat and black clothes. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shax embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. 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: Shax was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Bellfounder and found it very stressful. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is golden and curly. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His blue crest is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Sethrekar was taken on many hunting expeditions. A freak accident while working with his Fortune-teller mother left him crippled. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Detective, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has slicked back golden hair. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Xanaphia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a brown top hat and brown clothes. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Lance took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up scythe and armor he uses now. He tends to his Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This western man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Carter, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man very much looks the part of a Beggar. His clothes are grease stained in places. His fur is beige and curly. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Tree was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Beggar. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 pp. Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears dull white sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case, marred by beers. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age her mother died while driving off some goblins. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in pickaxe use. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 pp.