Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has no hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Alexandre was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Painter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail. His white fur is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear flannel. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Thorin was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Healer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp).