Description: This late middle aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a Detective, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp).

Description: This southern man wears skinny pants and wears a green and white robe with the hood down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Balam is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Balam was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Engraver. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Engraver and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ulla does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When Ulla reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a fancy black dress. Her hair is blonde and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Fistula was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the east. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barrister. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barrister.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Warlock school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Junk Dealer, but she got bored and became a Soapmaker. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Holy water.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Arha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Baker and found it very stressful. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.