Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a hunchback. She has shaved her head bald. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'8". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is baby faced.

Personality: Rose speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 pp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zogdûsh grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 140 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Semyaza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'1" and wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Orsik was born with his father's beautiful face. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Falkrunn is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather, and carries monstrous two handed axes. Her silver crest is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Furrele was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp. Malachite (11 gp).