Description: This dark-skinned male wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has auburn hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Burto hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and 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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is golden and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. The war was a terrible time for him, and Mhurren does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Mhurren began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a very tight haircut. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fisher business.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Gruk was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gruk decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2800 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp).