Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern woman is typically in her Cook uniform. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Tiaathque was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. She tends to her Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Amethyst (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He got into the Marshal business at a young age. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has worked as a Marshal like his father before him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He has moderate length blonde hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He's also a talented Architect, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: Bundrigo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 sp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears baggy red pantaloons and a brown scarf. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Stacee has worked very hard to control her curse. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, white cloak. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 80 gp.