Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Gurdis was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Baker. Recently the stress of being a Baker has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and balancing her hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Purah was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Purah alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Purah and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a fancy green suit. His green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nadarr has worked very hard to control his curse. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Rose (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a long, yellow cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her first spouse was a Ruler, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jet (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a blue shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Ranala is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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 was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jade (130 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Amber (130 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his orange fur up. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Three 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 he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rose (30 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her crest is rusty and curly. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.