Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and red handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears his purple hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His brown fur is matted, messy, and big. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a black shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and tan pants. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Verin liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Black star sapphire (900 gp). Iolite (50 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. Her silver hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Adelaide lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her silver crest down. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.