Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sapply hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. With bright chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Alvyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear flannel. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Meena speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Meena was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mason. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Assassin. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Major magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a white and red handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears her brown hair up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Vorka hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.