Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Persistence, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the north to a Animal Trainer, Pijjirik learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Bookbinder. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Quelenna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Amber (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rose (80 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Eleanor hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a large pastel jacket and is in decent physical shape. Her white fur is lengthy. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his falchion. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Ugly. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her crest is blue and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Doudra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2300 sp.