Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Ahvain was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her copper crest is lengthy. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Gifted from a young age, Savaran studied abroad. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Amber (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears just a white suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Golm is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Golm was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Slave, Debt. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears black trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Skog was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Skog fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a Dilettante, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 90 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf. His purple hair is singed and shortened. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a grey scarf. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Terse, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 pp. Moss agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). White opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, violet cloak. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.