Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He sports a flattop crest cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the north. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, In love, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Standing 6'7", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: Thamuz hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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 he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Lazy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1100 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'8" when asserting herself. She has wavy red hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Nija was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barkeep. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Tailor; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.