Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small blue hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 210 pp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1800 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Jade (150 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Navigator. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 Navigator. After a long history of fighting, Raer and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears just a black suit. His white hair is cut short. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is short and black. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Heian will drive conversation. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Heian lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.