Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). Jade (40 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Rose (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: Baelitae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe, and carries crossbows. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 Healer. She's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 sp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is content; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Emotional, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: A 6'6" northern man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has dyed his greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Glassblower but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her red fur down. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Left-Handed was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Left-Handed decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 170 pp.