Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gilkass was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered illithids who tried to eat her hand. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Baker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Theodoric was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Theodoric was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Theodoric's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a Baker soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a yellow tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Faral took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up longbow and armor she uses now. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.