Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nicholas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nicholas. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His brown hair is cut short. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a great chef.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Roofer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Bounty Hunter mother left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Randal was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears just a blue suit. His tied-back hair is white. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He worked as a nervous Animal Trainer and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and 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: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.