Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has moderate length white hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a Banker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Locksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Architect but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Curran has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Curran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is content; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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: 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. 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. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Jade was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Jade decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Ruler uniform. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Donella was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Donella's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.