Description: A 4'1" northern man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shipwright but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp).

Description: He wears a white 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 5'10" when asserting himself. He has wavy silver hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Job, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has white hair. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Vassago reached his early adolescence his Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Vassago never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).