Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white fur is long and unkept. Her copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Pelt is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'6" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Dench's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. 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: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, and carries rapiers. His fur is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His purple hair is knotted and matted. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: Abad wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. His chestnut hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His gold crest is thinning but still full. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He got into the Marshal business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Sage, but he was a colossal failure. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Stableman uniform. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Don is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Stableman business.

History: Don was born the youngest of three triplets. His childhood dream was to be a Tanner, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 140 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His crest is black and curly. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Quarethon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Quarethon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is red and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.