Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his silver hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Military, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Coral (150 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 Armorer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Armorer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available she will default to her ceremonial dagger. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Semyaza was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Malachite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Diggory will drive conversation. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Unemployed, his mother struggled to pay the bills. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kadana grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kadana. Being a Layabout 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a sickle on her belt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is well kept. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Yvonne lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yvonne fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 gp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This white eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.