Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. With bright golden hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. The war was a terrible time for her, and Nora does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an entirely grey suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She sports silver long hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born in the north. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north to a Body Guard, Dain learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Brewer business.

History: Dabbledob lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.