Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Roofer. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She uses divination through singing.

History: Shax lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her black fur is heavily combed to the right. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Mortician, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He wears his brown fur down. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his copper eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the east. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Mortician like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Pyra took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length silver hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her hair is silver and very short. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Theirastra alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

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. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Caelynn was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Engraver. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She takes great joy in being the best Gardener in town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: She is greedy.

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Buckler.