Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of halberds on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rurik does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rurik fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This northern man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is black and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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 north. Gûnd was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Soapmaker. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. When Salanop reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 sp.