Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'11" and wears a black vest and prefers green and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Sculptor for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a mayor again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and kukris. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Expert school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He wears tattered old clothes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray 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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in a small plains village. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Sutha never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'5" eastern woman, she wears bulky white painted plate armor. With bright brown hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She takes great joy in being the best Junk Dealer in town.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tomph was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). During her travels, Tomph and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Tomph discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Tomph fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1700 gp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a lance on his belt, and he perpetually has his lance ready. His fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: Kite hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kite fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, grey shirt, and green tie and is in decent physical shape. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Giselle hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).