Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He wears his golden hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This northern man typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Norkruuth was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sailor. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Finellen was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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. Finellen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Crown-heir; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp).

Description: This northern woman is typically in her Bather uniform. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Rinn was born with her father's beautiful face. Rinn was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bather. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. Her hair is red and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ellywick will drive conversation. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Ellywick took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a longsword on her belt. Her white fur is lengthy. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Left-Handed's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Eldeth was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her copper crest is thinning but still full. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Mayor, and he perpetually has his kukri ready. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Veit has worked very hard to control his curse. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 gp.