Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 cp. Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side, and carries sais. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His hair is silver and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Zepar was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp).