Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is physically well-built. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Shava and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Emerald (600 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her tied-back hair is white. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She's also a talented Sailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'2". He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Rurik lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Rurik 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Sindri was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Reynard was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Soveliss will drive conversation. Soveliss is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She 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. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and clubs. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Althaea grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He wears his blonde hair down. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has a crush on the local tailor

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.