Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her white eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a great chef.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'6". He wears an entirely blue suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Cockaby was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Knight, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He uses divination through singing.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 9000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Through the years after Peter was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Peter's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 sp.