Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Helja was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Sard (50 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He takes great joy in being the best Layabout in town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He's also a talented Cook, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Sard (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this western woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 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 (90 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Solid gold idol (800 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 (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Shepherd. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold music box (1000 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.

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 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.

Description: She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her golden hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Brakka was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shipwright responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Coral (100 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses like a well dressed Doctor does. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He tends to his Doctor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Disease, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

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

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp).