Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length golden hair. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for her, and Nurkara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nurkara was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She bought a longsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 sp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Emerald (500 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Banker business.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. In her youth she was a Doctor, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: The child of a Architect, who enjoyed hunting, Odorr was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He bought a flail and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She has dyed her greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 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: Cloud was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student she started as a Dyer, but she got bored and became a Barrister. She's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears skinny pants and wears a black and pastel robe with the hood down. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His crest is white and very short. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. 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 will rave to anyone who will listen. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her warhammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A true patriot, Nikki would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nikki was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman wears just a grey suit, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She wears an eyepatch.

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 respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Susannah is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp. Sard (50 gp).