Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has slicked back auburn hair. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Torgga will drive conversation. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Torgga 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 she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bellfounder.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears an entirely violet suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Marshal who has hired her part-time. Sariel enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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. Sariel abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears professional attire. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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, Leshanna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a red coat with pastel slacks. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 340 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Shivering was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 37000 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 8000 sp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). White pearl (90 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a worn and beaten armor. With bright auburn hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Oolah was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.