Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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, Rurik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Rurik was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 130 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a red and violet robe with the hood down. He carries with him a set of scythes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 6'9" and muscular, this western man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with yellow slacks. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Shy, PTSD. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 pp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her copper crest is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Melissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He plays an instrument quite well.

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 made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: A 3'3" northern man, he wears a white armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an entirely grey suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is short and black. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Sarah hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Sarah enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).