Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is black and curly. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Shane is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Extrovert, Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2700 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on his right side, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Actor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Orryn was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has wavy red fur. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Sweet is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.