Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She tends to wear a large white jacket. She has slicked back blonde hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is content

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 cp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A freak accident while working with his Butcher mother left him crippled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Cynical, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Ronwe hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Bonds: Rich, Job, In love, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).