Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears an entirely green suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is gold and curly. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Baggi is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 140 gp. Hematite (6 gp).

Description: He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his kukri. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern woman is typically in her Shoemaker uniform. She has dyed her greying brown fur a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Barkeep, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her brown fur is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

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. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. She has dyed her greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His bronze crest is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Valorean reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1500 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).