Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a Bather, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a lance and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 350 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Gardener, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is physically well-built. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Servant, his father struggled to pay the bills. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 30 gp. Azurite (5 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 30 gp.