Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Terse, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her black fur is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. After months of barely getting by, Fragrant managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears professional attire. Her hair is short and silver. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Tordrid was born with her mother's beautiful face. Tordrid was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Brewer. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her blonde hair down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born to a Barkeep, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She found a children's book about a Human Bard 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Stableman uniform. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her hair is short and blue. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.