Description: This northern woman has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her tied-back hair is silver. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Mara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. His head has been shaved. He has amber eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, 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 cut short. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains 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 mountains due to the painful memories there. Ovak took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up sai and armor she uses now. After a long history of fighting, Ovak and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull black iron scale mail. He has a hunchback. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Carpenter business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Emmeline is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Emmeline lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His beige fur is knotted and matted. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Harvest was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Hunter. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1400 gp.