Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Junk Dealer profession.

History: Millicent lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: To be a Junk Dealer again.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30 pp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. 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: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and 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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are black.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She uses divination through singing.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vepar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 pp. Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Theodoric speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He worked as a nervous Body Guard and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Margery was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Margery 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. Margery 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and 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

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His black hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tanner they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Adventurer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.