Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the north to a Ploughman, Great learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Ploughman for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a lance on her belt, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mason. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.