Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Hupe and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Valanthe will drive conversation. 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: Valanthe lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Spy, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

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

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Maynild grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Addict, Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Borun abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears skinny pants and wears a white and yellow robe with the hood down. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gynk 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 Gynk. Being a Bather 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 feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a green armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Seere was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Sculptor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Hematite (16 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is well kept. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has moderate length blonde hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. A true patriot, Pirithin would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Pirithin was born with his father's beautiful face. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Pirithin was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 210 gp.