Description: This late middle aged woman wears bulky blue painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Traulam 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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She wears her white hair up. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born in the north. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cask was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She has red hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 2'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses like a well dressed Actor does. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Actor and found it very stressful. He became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 230 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has done his best to style his gold crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a Miner, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Glassblower. He's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Glassblower responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

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

Possessions: 360 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local apothecary

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.