Description: This northern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'2". She wears a pastel shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and red pants, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. She wears a colorful flower in her orange fur. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Onyx (20 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rangrim embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born in the north. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 pp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Spring studied abroad. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 3 Smokesticks. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her tied-back hair is black. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Emmeline embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Emmeline took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears blue trousers with tan and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Varis studied abroad. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Trym was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Terse, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 210 pp. Jasper (60 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).