Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 3'0" northern man, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Radomir was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He found a children's book about a Halfling Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She struck the Architect job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Driindar was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 gp.