Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a large white jacket. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ernest grew up listening to his father's many stories. Ernest abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ernest never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, In love, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Jeweler but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This man wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with his Dyer mother left him crippled. 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: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp).