Description: This exceptionally lanky man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Masseuse does. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Jocelyn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Brewer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Masseuse, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. 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 resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Cartwright business at a young age. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: Helen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.