Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries a battered sword and tarnished pickaxe as well. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Norman was born with his mother's beautiful face. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 40 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, marred by beers. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is black and very short. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: Alex hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Through the years after Alex was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Alex's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 28000 sp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts, he is not a threatening figure. His tied-back hair is black. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sailor born in the past three hundred years. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing his hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.