Description: This northern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scimitar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a server again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She has moderate length red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south to a Bookbinder, Ermina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 360 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Breastplate.