Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She has amber eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is an amazing painter.

History: She got into the Stableman business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by her family; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver crest is heavily combed to the left. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Direcris will drive conversation. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Direcris hails from a village terrorized by giants. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered giants who tried to eat his hand. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Direcris was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She wears a black vest and prefers white and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She carries a battered spear and tarnished falchion as well. Her crest is short and scarlet. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mishann grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mishann. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. His fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small pastel hat.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Art studied abroad. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted, Logical, Fighting. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His hair is black and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 gp.