Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His silver hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Tordek's homeland. Tordek decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tordek fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her white crest is heavily combed to the right. She has gold eyes.

Personality: Jaxi speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With wild brown hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in the south to a Herbalist, Roge learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Mortician; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue sapphire (500 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).