Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a fancy brown suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Rurik was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She carries with her a set of maces, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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. Lilith fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has blue eyes and a red hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His blue hair is matted, messy, and big. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She stands about 5'7" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Ruler but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He keeps his long red crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 900 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.