Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears professional attire. With wild white hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Juliana studied abroad. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Spyglass.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver crest is still thick. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He stands about 3'6" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Burgell fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His white hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Banker, his father struggled to pay the bills. One day when Ahvain was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Ahvain was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Seraphina took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up whip and armor she uses now. She tends to her Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, marred by sweets. Her hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her violet 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 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 in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Baelitae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.