Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Through the years after Claira was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Claira's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Claira and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

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

Possessions: 20 pp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This man sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Nykkan 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: Nykkan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's in love

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her long red fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Windy fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Mercenary. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished sai as well. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson brown hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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, Cloak is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Cloak learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: An older woman who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is well kept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears just a blue suit. His hair is golden and very short. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Breastplate.