Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born to a Body Guard, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 9000 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Jade (40 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Xanaphia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Sailor, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Sailor, but she was a colossal failure. She has worked as a Jeweler like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her crest is bronze and very short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Fearful. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a Brewer, his father struggled to pay the bills. Rimple abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Rose (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and carries hand crossbows. His white fur is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp).

Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. He has moderate length white hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Norman grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His first spouse was a Dyer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.