Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a hunchback. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Tordrid was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a red cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She got into the Scribe business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and silver. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Veit 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 Veit. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears just a black suit. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Gesrethe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Gesrethe has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Arannis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Arannis was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bookbinder. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Jo was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Laborer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Tailor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 190 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.