Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She very much looks the part of a Miner. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 220 pp. Jet (70 gp). Jasper (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He has no hair. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Cressel's homeland. Cressel decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. Amber (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Drusilia has worked very hard to control her curse. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Azurite (13 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has styled her lavender fur well, parting it to the right. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy blonde hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this northern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Sumnes is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Sumnes liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jet (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man wears a red armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Emerald (1100 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).