Description: This late middle aged man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Kyle hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. With wild brown hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 130 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple grey robe with white stripes complete with hood. His hair is short and white. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Darrak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Jade (110 gp).