Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern woman wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. Her cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her broad pastel hat.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. River liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers white and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Darrak has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3100 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished longsword as well. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 120 gp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Slave, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She wears her dark red hair down. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. Her brown hair is cut short. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She is portly but not overly obese. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Stableman born in the past three hundred years. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Xanaphia 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 Xanaphia. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.