Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Cask was born the youngest of three triplets. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Cask has worked very hard to control her curse. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Miner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 230 gp. Rose (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Lorilla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has dyed her greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. After a long history of fighting, Birel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise hazel.

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. To his fellows he 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: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Mormo would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 210 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Tana 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. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Tana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman tends to wear a large grey jacket. She has no hair. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Dilettante profession.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she desires power and/or immortality

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

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.