Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His fur is short and black. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Shadow hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shadow studied abroad. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has never given up on his singing dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 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 (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her purple hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tan deerstalker hat and tan clothes. Her head has been shaved. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Virra isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She comes from a rich western family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. She's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears red trousers with tan and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has violet eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bowyer.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a black shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Creega is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Creega lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Rose (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amber (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'8" northern woman, she wears long strands of jet and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Silent was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Silent's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1500 pp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jade (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by illithids. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Nim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jet (100 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Jade (100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Sard (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.