Description: This northern man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears an entirely violet suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Reynard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She has gray eyes.

Personality: Antinua is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Bather. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his auburn hair up. He has violet eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. 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: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has moderate length white hair. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her feathered yellow hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Syllin will drive conversation. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Syllin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Senteq was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Jebeddo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Roofer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.