Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a green coat with pastel slacks. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shax has worked very hard to control her curse. Being a Apothecary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His auburn hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Bucklal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Bucklal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has red fur. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

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 would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Left-Handed hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Left-Handed was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Weaver. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears a tan vest and prefers yellow and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has wavy auburn hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His fur is white and curly. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 12000 sp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: This man wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears professional attire. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She sports white long hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her small yellow hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.