Description: A 5'0" northern woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. To her fellows she 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: Born to a Bowyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy orange fur. He wears a simple pastel robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He has a hunchback. His fur is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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 has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, yellow cloak. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her gray fur down. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Harvest 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 is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Engraver, Harvest learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She tends to her Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Onyx (60 gp).

Description: He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Adelard grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear flannel. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He got into the Engraver business at a young age. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He struck the Engraver job and began his own company from there.

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 wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.