Description: She wears tan trousers with white and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Lia learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. After a long history of fighting, Lia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Virra was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely brown suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has wavy gray fur. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Smoking was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He's also a talented Weaver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is brown and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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 at the edge of vast plains. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Bagabug's homeland. Bagabug decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her singing dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (6 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears long strands of amethyst and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is a Seamstress first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Salasar was born the youngest of three triplets. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has worked as a Seamstress like his mother before him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Skamos hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting illithids, the young Skamos began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.