Description: A plain young-adult man, he is typically in his Merchant uniform. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He has hazel eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Alex was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Robert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear flannel. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is golden and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the east to a Detective, Trey learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Ruler. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.