Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in an above average manner. His red hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ulfgar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: To be a Architect again.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is an amazing painter.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Rohesia was taken on many hunting expeditions. Rohesia liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Thodris was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Seamstress they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Butcher, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 pp. Eye agate (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Acid flasks. 4 Smokesticks. 4 Holy water.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Bhevek was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 pp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Hûmgrat reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Lone enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.