Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses like a well dressed Jeweler does. He has moderate length scarlet crest. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Jeweler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vlorn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vlorn. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Disease, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 gp. Iolite (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is long and red with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Rose was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Performer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears a fancy white suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rose (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears tattered old clothes. Her black crest, when down, is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Banded agate (13 gp).