Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Through the years after Dean was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Dean's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Dean and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Crown-heir. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in a small forest village. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Avelina was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her golden hair is cut short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Helen isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Helen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.