Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt. Her hair is white and very short. She has green eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Merla will drive conversation. The war was a terrible time for her, and Merla does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. Her tied-back hair is black. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2300 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a brown shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His cinnamon fur is long and unkept. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Nagrette enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Nagrette hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is typically in her Bowyer uniform. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She got into the Bowyer business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Bowyer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.