Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair is cut short. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Erdan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Cumpen hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Cumpen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cumpen decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and he perpetually has his crossbow ready. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theodoric fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She is typically in her Blacksmith uniform. She has wavy black crest. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a fancy grey suit. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Anthony was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Anthony decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Jarana speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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 to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's in love

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This southern woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A gifted student she started as a Cartwright, but she got bored and became a Unemployed. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a cartwright again

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp. Azurite (15 gp).

Description: This man wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.