Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Tanner uniform. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Laborer profession.

History: Yurk lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Laborer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Tanner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shipwright responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and daggers. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Baker who has hired her part-time. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Hugolina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush, Family, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has wavy brown hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Jo hails from a village terrorized by drow. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blue crest is matted, messy, and big. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Thava hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Gesrethe was born the youngest of three triplets. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears bulky green painted plate armor. His hair is dark red and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Chem never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 sp.