Description: 5'4" and muscular, this northern woman tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Matilda was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Matilda took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up crossbow and armor she uses now. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a pastel feathered hat and pastel clothes. His fur is orange and curly. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat, he is not a threatening figure. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Trym was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Trym abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a Cartwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. Skog was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Skog decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2900 sp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Nora 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. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barakas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is portly but not overly obese. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His black eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Tethren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Tethren took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a fancy blue dress. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Carpenter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).