Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He usually wears his brown robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: Thorin wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shepherd business.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her purple hair, when down, is lengthy. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy orange fur. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He has a hunchback. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 10 pp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a green costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished shortspear as well. He has styled his white crest well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 7000 sp. Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His hair is white and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Morkral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Miller. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Miller for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 26000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his white hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 pp. Eye agate (9 gp).