Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 sp. Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He uses divination through singing.

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 graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 53. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Hagren 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. Through the years after Hagren was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Hagren's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jade (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his cinnamon fur. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paymon grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. Hematite (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. She is physically well-built. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. 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 filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears baggy green pantaloons and a blue scarf. His crest is white and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shedinn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Shedinn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 gp.