Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her top green hat.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Makaria was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 5000 cp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man is typically in his Barrister uniform. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: William lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Zepar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Zepar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Zepar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1300 sp. Jet (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.