Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She usually wears her tan robe and has her bow always slung over her shoulder. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Rinn has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black crest has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Shamash was born with his mother's beautiful face. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 14000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Joan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. A gifted student he started as a Adventurer, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. He has achieved small success as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: He is content; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His silver hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of a Miner, who enjoyed hunting, Koeth was taken on many hunting expeditions. Koeth was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Banded agate (13 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she usually wears her grey robe and has her falchion always slung over her shoulder. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Liftrasa was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barber. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and halberds. He has cinnamon fur. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he's in love

Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 240 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Sariel isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.