Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. He wears his red hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His hair is red and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Varis was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Varis never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. 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 is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He works hard and plays hard.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Mason job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp.