Description: 2'10" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1400 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is typically in his Scribe uniform. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the east to a Scribe, Shane learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Naamah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Paladin 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'10". She wears a grey shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She struck the Tanner job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair is lengthy. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Engraver business.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears an entirely tan suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 42000 sp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 bought a longbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).