Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1900 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Sard (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Henry is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Herbalist. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Expand his business; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 6'1" northern man, he wears tattered old clothes. He has done his best to style his brass crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Direcris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Doudra is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Doctor business.

History: Born in the west to a Doctor, Doudra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has blonde hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jet (150 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears professional attire. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Trag hails from a village terrorized by drow. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting drow, the young Trag began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.