Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. With wild white hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vadania studied abroad. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a tan shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair is lengthy. He has brown eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a great chef.

History: Theriatis was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Zircon (20 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She is physically well-built. Her hair is brown and very short. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Quelenna hails from a village terrorized by giants. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Family, Enemies, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Watson was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Ruler. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a violet scarf. He is portly but not overly obese. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Varis was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is still thick. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ownka will drive conversation. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Ownka has worked very hard to control her curse. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.