Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears black trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her crest is white and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a great chef.

History: Farideh hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Farideh was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Farideh decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Painter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

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

Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket, and she perpetually has her shortbow ready. Her beige fur is still thick. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his top green hat.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Nykkan was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Nykkan's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.