Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a pastel vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his pastel boots flare out at the collars. His gray fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are yellow and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and white pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Adept 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. After a long history of fighting, Grisha and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Wiggens was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is well kept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Jasper (30 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.