Description: 6'8" and muscular, this northern man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He has styled his brass crest well, parting it to the left. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Jade (60 gp).

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and quarterstaffs. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Heian was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Merchant. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west to a Merchant, Diesa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Diesa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and expand her business

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She sports auburn long hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 29. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Arara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 160 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is a Dilettante first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a great chef.

History: Born to a Dyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has worked as a Mercenary like her mother before her.

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 she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished scimitar as well. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He got into the Stableman business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her scarlet crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Spear was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 sp.