Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Eye agate (6 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is an epitome of beauty. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Servant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Kugáluga was born the youngest of three triplets. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Painter business.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Rock crystal (70 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman prefers to wear flannel. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Server

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Sard (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Detective uniform. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished spear as well. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahlyssa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Detective. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. With wild silver hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 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 (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A 4'2" northern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1800 pp. Carnelian (60 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Jade (70 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).