Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses like a well dressed Mason does. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His childhood dream was to be a Spice Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 sp. Moss agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Unvera fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).