Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears just a grey suit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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, Astaro is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her crest is scarlet and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Jezean was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 cp. Hematite (7 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of flails on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small red clips. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: 10000 cp. Black pearl (600 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Rose (30 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears white trousers with pastel and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her silver hair is still thick. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. Philomena enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Philomena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp.