Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rangrim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Marshal like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a server again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears long strands of amethyst and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is an amazing painter.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 250 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His gold crest is braided into rings. He is baby faced.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A true patriot, Ildrex would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the west to a Scribe, Ildrex learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. After a long history of fighting, Oren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 sp. Eye agate (8 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A 5'3" southern man, he dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has moderate length white fur. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Shivering was taken on many hunting expeditions. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Shivering and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is golden and very short. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the south to a Carpenter, Sumnes learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but she was a colossal failure. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2300 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.