Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with pastel slacks. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Cecily enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. After a long history of fighting, Cecily and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Terse, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a grey collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vonbin grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Locksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the east to a Herbalist, Birel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Birel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp.