Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear tan tank tops with green pants. He has moderate length golden hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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 daughter.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (70 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a tan tunic with grey highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in the west. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His silver hair is lengthy. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Bernard was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.