Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear grey tank tops with tan pants. His red hair is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ernest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Unemployed. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has a crush on the local unemployed

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lance grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his youth he was a Cook, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has wavy golden hair. 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 barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 cp.