Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red crest is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Aelar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of death on his torso. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Herleva abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to be a painter again

Flaws: Greedy, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Chenna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Glassblower and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length blue hair. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Xappan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Xappan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has wavy red hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Torgga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.