Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Hatae took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a trident on her belt. With wild chestnut hair. She has gray eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vani does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. When Vani reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp).

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aline is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She carries with her a set of longswords on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. With wild brown hair. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She struck the Weaver job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a green shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has worked as a Weaver like her father before her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Hadwisa has worked very hard to control her curse. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.