Description: Standing 5'7", this woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Astaro took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor she uses now. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 33000 sp. Citrine (30 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Adventurer, his father struggled to pay the bills. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

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. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. 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, Howard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Beleth 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. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She found a children's book about a Human Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a sculptor and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 62. 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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Aramil was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 160 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Mortician uniform. She carries a battered scimitar and tarnished bastard sword as well. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her childhood dream was to be a Courier, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 pp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amber (150 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: 2'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears red trousers with green and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Wella is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Wella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Rose (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Armara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Detective, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.