Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her head has been shaved. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Warryn took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up rapier and armor he uses now. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. He wears his rusty crest up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Baradad speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries a battered mace and tarnished longbow as well. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. His brass crest is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the south to a Sculptor, Semyaza learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has achieved small success as a Sculptor.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and balancing her hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 11000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Dain was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dain decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears an entirely red suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Myria hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and she perpetually has her shortspear ready. Her brass crest is heavily combed to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 280 gp.