Description: This northern woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 sp. Jet (100 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has styled his rusty crest well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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: Baradad was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Baradad never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 130 pp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is auburn and very short. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Jet (150 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born into a rich family. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His childhood dream was to be a Blacksmith, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.