Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses like a well dressed Engraver does. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 8. 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 is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the west to a Engraver, Falkrunn learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. His black hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Ulfgar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ulfgar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Amber (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'1" when asserting herself. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mardred grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her crest, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. Being a Locksmith kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Jet (90 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears professional attire. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Dimble was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Dimble abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Dimble never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top white hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is short and blue. His fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Ruler but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.