Description: 3'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has brown hair. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Jade (140 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Malachite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy brown suit. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). White opal (600 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rose (70 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Kathra was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Trym is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trym was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a pastel coat. Her brown fur is smooth and relatively long. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are amber.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.