Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. A true patriot, Margery would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Oriff was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Oriff's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his golden hair down. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Jak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).