Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. Her black hair is well kept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Standing 6'2", this woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south to a Brewer, Nagrette learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. At a young age her father died while driving off some giants. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in warhammer use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Nagrette was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is brown and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He usually wears his green robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. His crest is brass and very short. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in a small forest village. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp).