Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, grey shirt, and black tie. She has wavy red hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Euphemia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fancy red suit and is in decent physical shape. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He found a children's book about a Halfling Rogue who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Wiggan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, green cloak. Her crest is scarlet and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mortician business.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is still thick. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 98. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carpenter. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and expand his business

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Arannis 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a Butcher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a warhammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.