Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ilanis is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is greedy; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shivering does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Shivering hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Carter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'4" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is short and white. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'4" when asserting herself. Her crest is bronze and curly. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with her Shoemaker mother left her crippled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's in love; and to protect her home

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kristryd studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Kristryd took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she very much looks the part of a Apothecary. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Makaria 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: Makaria was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Apothecary. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Apothecary, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1500 sp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork studded leather.