Description: This northern man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Kody is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her brown hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vola fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 sp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a blue collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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 son.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Qualen took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Gardener, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. She wears her white hair down. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Ella was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Brewer. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Shy, Lazy, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Mord was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Mord's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.