Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Lucan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a simple white robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and black tie. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Crown-heir but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 pp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the south to a Hunter, Himo learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Coral (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).