Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. 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. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Red spinel (110 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He likes to wear brown tank tops with blue pants. He has a hunchback. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Brottor was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has done his best to style his green crest to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Weaver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. He carries a battered sai and tarnished scimitar as well. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Howard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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. Howard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'9" when asserting herself. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Rosalind was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. His tied-back hair is blonde. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A 6'3" western man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his gray fur up. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He uses divination through singing.

History: Fragrant was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Fragrant took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 19000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes and is in decent physical shape. Her black crest is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but she was a colossal failure. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.