Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by teas. His head has been shaved. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Guard. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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. He has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: To be a Shipwright again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Zircon (40 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has done her best to style her black fur to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Flask was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Flask was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 pp. Eye agate (16 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: Herleva was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Miner, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Amber (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has slicked back brown hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.