Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on her left side. She has a hunchback. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 pp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Rose (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a Cook, her father struggled to pay the bills. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amethyst (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Slave Trader and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Sard (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Jade (120 gp). Malachite (7 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.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has silver hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has a crush on the local spice merchant

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Iolite (30 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he dresses like a well dressed Bounty Hunter does. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the east to a Bounty Hunter, Erdan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Bounty Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item.