Description: This western man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He usually wears his yellow robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 43000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Osco was born the youngest of three triplets. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 60 pp. Peridot (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Theriatis was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.