Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears her red hair up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mastema fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He stands about 6'0" and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with brown slacks. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Vassago was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Vassago's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Now he works as a dancing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Meena was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She keeps her dark red hair in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She worked as a nervous Masseuse and found it very stressful. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his golden hair down. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After months of barely getting by, Latbag managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Robert took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up club and armor he uses now. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Banded agate (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Bardryn is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Bardryn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is an epitome of beauty. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Rolen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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: He is greedy; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp).