Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a black shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and black pants. Her gold crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Apothecary; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. She has slicked back white hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears an entirely blue suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has brown eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats 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 south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the south to a Apothecary, Thorin learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has worked as a Apothecary like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Vanuath was born with his father's beautiful face. At a young age his father died while driving off some giants. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in shortbow use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is blonde and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Pog was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and expand his business

Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'5" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her silver eyes peer out from beneath her feathered green hat.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Akta 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. Akta decided she wanted neither the life of her mother 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. Being a Sculptor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a green collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her white eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Prosperine was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Prosperine's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Her religion dominates her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 140 gp. 2 Thunderstones.