Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1300 gp. A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears dull violet sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shield, just in case. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Gimble was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Cartwright. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a gardener again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (100 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. At a young age his mother died while driving off some orcs. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in flail use. 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 clean up the streets; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 280 pp. Jet (100 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and hammers. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. After a long history of fighting, Naeris and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Sard (20 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her head has been shaved. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She struck the Cartwright job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 gp.