Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Carrie was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Navigator. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1400 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Slave Trader business.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Jet (70 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the east. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Canary diamond (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, green shirt, and white tie. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Mindartis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by beers. His hair is short and black. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 sp.