Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Buckler. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This northern woman wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He sports a flattop crest cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gorbundus's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gorbundus never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 pp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She very much looks the part of a Banker. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her feathered violet hat.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Healer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Banker for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. Zircon (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears just a black suit. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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 martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This malnourished man wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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, Cairn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Cairn hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the west to a Beggar, Fibblestib learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 21000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a brown vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His gray fur is thinning but still full. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp.