Description: This man wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His auburn hair is cut short. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stylist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Norman never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Anthony and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the east. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2400 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: A 6'3" northern man, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His tied-back hair is black. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bather. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Anthony was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bather. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To be a Interpreter again; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp.