Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a very tight haircut. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1700 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is short and blonde. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Norman is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Norman was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers brown and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and carries whips. He has no hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Gnarsh 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 has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Courier. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his golden hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ulfgar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on her left side and is in decent physical shape. Her silver crest is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Chad was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mayor. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears just a blue suit. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a Shoemaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her crest is short and gold. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a red cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She found a children's book about a Halfling Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. After a long history of fighting, Trym and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Violet garnet (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).