Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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 daughter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright silver hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Ida lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a armorer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a violet shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Anne 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. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Malachite (5 gp). White opal (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears bulky yellow painted plate armor, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Rolen 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. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Rolen never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is auburn and very short. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Herbalist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 12000 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is short and chestnut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Coral (100 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Coral (100 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has wavy beige fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. After coming to the age of reason, Beast took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jade (100 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.