Description: This tall, slender man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His rusty crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1600 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Coral (60 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a grey coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head and is in decent physical shape. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Tordrid enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is greedy

Flaws: Hedonist, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair is thinning but still full. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Map Maker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His gold crest is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a simple white robe with red stripes complete with hood. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Kansif was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries a battered club and tarnished bow as well. His scarlet crest is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Nykkan was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Locksmith. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.