Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Zed was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and bows. His hair is blonde and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ribbles grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 sp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is silver and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Navigator. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 70 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan vest and prefers red and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Bimpnottin 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. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 170 gp. 2 Antitoxin.