Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her crest is red and curly. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pogranix fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Portia was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shoemaker. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.