Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has black hair. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Shax was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dilettante. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With bright red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to reunite with her old friends

Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her fur is gray and curly. Her copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. 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 is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Coral (80 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries a battered kukri and tarnished bow as well. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 gp. Jet (110 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Farmer does. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and maces. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Guardian, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her fur is gray and curly. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Lone is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This woman tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 sp.