Description: He wears a violet feathered hat and violet clothes. His red hair is thinning but still full. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hugh grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hugh. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Oppah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Ishte would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to protect her home

Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He likes to wear brown tank tops with blue pants. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After months of barely getting by, Odo managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Professionalism. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 170 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp).