Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a Servant, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2600 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She has no crest. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a Ploughman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with pastel highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Mardred abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (9 gp). 3 Acid flasks.

Description: Standing 6'7", this woman prefers to wear flannel. She has moderate length brass crest. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). 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: To settle down with her crush; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 250 pp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: This woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has brown hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon 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. Galiena took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up glaive and armor she uses now. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2400 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Pelt wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He works hard and plays hard.

History: Pelt lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is knotted and matted. 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 a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Sindri has worked very hard to control his curse. Being a Mortician kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 pp.