Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Maiathah was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Crown-heir. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2500 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp).

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Scribe for the past few years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Pushkrimp and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Ugly. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Hobart is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vaina studied abroad. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a grey shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nicholas studied abroad. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 160 gp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dilettante. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sorath grew up listening to her father's many stories. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born in the west to a Assassin, Mella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Assassin. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears an entirely grey suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes, marred by beers. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: William hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.