Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He dresses like a well dressed Unemployed does. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ronk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ahlyssa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Ahlyssa was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Slave Trader. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 3'0" northern woman, she prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

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. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and carries quarterstaffs. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Engraver, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She is typically in her Stableman uniform. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Stableman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1200 gp.