Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Ront was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Slave Trader like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 11000 sp. Banded agate (13 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her red hair is still thick. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Rose (80 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is long and unkept. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Gifted from a young age, Oskar studied abroad. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears professional attire. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. 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: Manfred lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He wears a yellow tunic with black highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of longbows on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a hunchback. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this western man wears tattered old clothes. His hair is blonde and curly. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Scribe for hire.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Lagazi lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Lagazi has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a fancy green dress. She wears a colorful flower in her blue hair. Her black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mason work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mason work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Mason job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Flaws: Addict, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).