Description: This slender woman stands about 6'4". She is wearing a long, green cloak. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Rieta was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Rieta decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black opal (1100 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 50 pp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. He wears his silver hair up. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 4'9". She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and her gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Seere is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Seere lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He wears his silver hair up. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Dyer business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers tan and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and morningstars. His blue hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bowyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bowyer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Being a Bowyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and carries falchions. Her head has been shaved. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Mercenary father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.