Description: An older man who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), he is not a threatening figure. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Paelias was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Paelias took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nalaed embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears a red tunic with pastel highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. 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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: Fargas hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A 3'2" northern woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With bright red hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and balancing her hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch.