Description: A plain young-adult man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Layabout first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He struck the Layabout job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She got into the Herbalist business at a young age. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a crush on the local farmer

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered trident and tarnished axe as well. He wears his auburn hair down. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Gerard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: An older woman who has the majority of her body covered in plate, she is not a threatening figure. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This copper eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. 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 money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Nedda is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Nedda was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Carter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Guard, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.