Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her tied-back hair is silver. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 cp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her brown hair is cut short. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mardred grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mardred. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 30 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is typically in his Tanner uniform. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Orthog grew up listening to his father's many stories. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to be a dyer again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'6", this man wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Elegant is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She has golden hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Emotional, Mundane. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has green eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When Ûggû reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).