Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His hair is red and curly. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

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. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 cp. Malachite (7 gp). 2 Antitoxin.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Avice was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman usually wears her blue robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is cut short. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Ielenia was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Ielenia took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ielenia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he usually wears his brown robe and has his shortbow always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Wymar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Fortune-teller, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Revenge; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is physically well-built. Her crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to protect her home

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Knight who has hired her part-time. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Aym has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 230 gp.