Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Tordrid was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. Her white fur is lengthy. Her eyes are yellow and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the east to a Sculptor, Sun learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To protect her home; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jade (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Everard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). White opal (800 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and white handkerchief worn on her right side, marred by sweets. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Elama will drive conversation. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 south. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a bellfounder and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Amber (160 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Sard (60 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her golden hair is well kept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Through the years after Eleanor was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Eleanor's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Eleanor was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Sard (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this western woman typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Portia grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has dyed her greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Farideh lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Jet (80 gp). Emerald (700 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).