Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Brewer. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Alberich never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Tanner father left her crippled. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and longswords. She has golden hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.