Description: This northern man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His clothes are grease stained in places. His tied-back hair is blonde. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Theren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Iolite (30 gp).

Description: This northern man prefers to wear flannel. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is silver and very short. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Conrad was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a assassin and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 4'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. He has white hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Thorin was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ûshbaka's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shipwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shipwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sickle with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortspear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has dyed her greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. The war was a terrible time for her, and Emerald does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Emerald 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 Emerald. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Apothecary. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born in the west to a Apothecary, Alain learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Religious, Rich, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She got into the Armorer business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Armorer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barkeep. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has brown eyes.

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. Bundrigo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south to a Barkeep, Bundrigo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Bundrigo liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.