Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear flannel. She has red hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her yellow fur is still thick. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to be a butcher again

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are amber.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Dustin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her blonde hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born in the east. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. After a long history of fighting, Agatha and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. 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: A deep hatred of goblins; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Squeaky

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

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has a tattooed face.

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

History: He got into the Spy business at a young age. Arnold liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 290 pp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ratbag was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and 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

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Performer like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).