Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length red crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a spear on his belt. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Black opal (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.