Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Pikar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Pikar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This malnourished woman wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. Her cinnamon fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Moon was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is lengthy. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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 in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Helja and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Hourglass.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 320 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears pastel trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Spear studied abroad. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and tridents. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small red clips. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Jarsali 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 Jarsali. Being a Herbalist 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: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 250 gp.