Description: This northern woman dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with pastel slacks. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has slicked back silver hair. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Gillyd has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she very much looks the part of a Farmer. Her gold crest is smooth and relatively long. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Vezera was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and rapiers. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: 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; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Sardonyx (20 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Rurik was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Rurik never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: In love, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 pp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.