Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears grey trousers with brown and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Norman was taken on many hunting expeditions. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Shava is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Jasper (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: She typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. She is physically well-built. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She has shaved her head bald. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Vola's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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 into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). White pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

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. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She found a children's book about a Gnome Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 16000 sp.