Description: This northern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scimitar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a server again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She has moderate length red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south to a Bookbinder, Ermina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 360 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length red fur. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Jade was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Rose (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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 dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. With wild white hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the north to a Baker, Adrie learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Baker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 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 tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Red spinel (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). White pearl (80 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.