Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is an epitome of beauty. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Blacksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by his family

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, marred by sweets. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20000 cp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Hubert alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Black pearl (400 gp). Black opal (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this eastern woman is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has auburn hair. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the east to a Navigator, Matilda learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Navigator.

Motivation: She is greedy; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). White opal (1400 gp).