Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has dyed his greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is short and silver. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has styled his red fur well, parting it to the left. His yellow eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Trail liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand his business; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her head has been shaved. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Yebe 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. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3100 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cockaby grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Cockaby. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her black hair is cut short. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Valida embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Valida lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. After a long history of fighting, Valida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).