Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her long brass crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zykroff grew up listening to her father's many stories. Zykroff abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Jet (110 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has styled her green crest well, parting it to the right. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hillanot fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40000 cp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Amber (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a shield on his belt. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Fibblestib managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is short and chestnut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the east to a Ruler, Pog learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a stylist again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 17000 sp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His tied-back hair is white. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a miller again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his hammer. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 pp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Ûkrom was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slurs words

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

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Guy was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 Mortician. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.