Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Brug was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mreksh grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 390 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears long strands of topaz and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur is black and very short. Her copper eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. After coming to the age of reason, Trail took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.