Description: 3'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Merchant uniform. His red crest, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His orange fur is singed and shortened. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 370 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. The war was a terrible time for her, and Avelina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear blue tank tops with red pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'8" when asserting himself. His hair is auburn and curly. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Rose (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Coral (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'5", this man likes to wear grey tank tops with brown pants. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull red iron scale mail. Her auburn hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Balifra was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Rogue, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Rogue in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).