Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and 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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Geoffrey is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shipwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear flannel. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Ermina speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Ermina was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is short and white. She has amber eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 46. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Hlin has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hlin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries sais. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Tailor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gifted from a young age, Birel studied abroad. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tailor. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Birel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. His tied-back hair is red. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Stannor's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Darrak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing, and she perpetually has her monstrous two handed axe ready. Her green crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Gilkass hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gilkass does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Gilkass was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Now she works as a dancing tutor during her time off.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She wears her white hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 110 pp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).