Description: 2'9" and muscular, this northern woman is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. 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 is content.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Kaladan was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tomi studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Tomi took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. She has a very tight haircut. She has blue eyes and a violet hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70000 cp. Onyx (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Jasper (20 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.