Description: A 5'11" northern woman, she wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Gifted from a young age, Astaro studied abroad. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is black and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Soapmaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gifted student he started as a Roofer, but he got bored and became a Soapmaker. He's also a talented Roofer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Roofer again; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: The child of a Spy, who enjoyed hunting, Mary was taken on many hunting expeditions. Mary liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. He has wavy brown hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a pastel tunic with green highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Sweet is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.