Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is typically in her Stableman uniform. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Stableman first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and swords. He has no hair. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Charles grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Charles. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gunter is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gunter grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gunter. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.