Description: Standing 4'0", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Hematite (5 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe, and is pretty ugly. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Pallabar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the north. 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This eastern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 230 gp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She is a Lycanthrope in disguise. Through the years after Ovak was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ovak's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a very tight haircut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a green costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. The war was a terrible time for her, and Saphara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Rolen is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Rolen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20000 cp.

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 wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has no hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Thiala was born the youngest of three triplets. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Weaver for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Silver holy symbol.