Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Scribe. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Military, Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has styled her rusty crest well, parting it to the left. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dentratha was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she's in love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).