Description: A 5'5" northern woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Shax hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1600 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a Miner, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 360 pp. Amethyst (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 210 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).