Description: This northern woman wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Meriele was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Ploughman. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears professional attire, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Paela speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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 son.

History: Paela was born the youngest of three triplets. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Amber (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Sard (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tan vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His orange fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Sard (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in the north to a Engraver, Agnes learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rose (30 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). White opal (900 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Peridot (30 gp).