Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has no hair. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Mordai was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Miner. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Through the years after Paelias was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Paelias's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (11 gp).