Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy black hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Althaea was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His crest is scarlet, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He takes great joy in being the best Bricklayer in town.

History: He was born in the north. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Berrian was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bricklayer for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries hand crossbows. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and white robe with the hood down. Her head has been shaved. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ilanis was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Crowbar. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear flannel. She has moderate length white crest. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; 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: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His fur is white and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a black coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports white long hair. She has gray eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A freak accident while working with her Bowyer father left her crippled. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Breastplate.