Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her silver hair is lengthy. She has red eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is white and curly. 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 is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Kansif was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: She wears a blue coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Quilla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 50 gp.

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 typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His crest is scarlet and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Tarhun took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Amethyst (110 gp). 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is silver and curly. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has wavy blonde hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Barber born in the past three hundred years. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new barber responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: He was raised in a desert tribe. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Purban fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 330 gp.