Description: He is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has done his best to style his blue hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

History: Cressel hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1200 pp. Red garnet (70 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad grey hat.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Clerebold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 8000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Hunter, Avelina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She bought a nunchaku and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 pp. Azurite (6 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Jet (140 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Rose (50 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Drogo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 9000 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.