Description: 5'11" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His fur is red and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 53. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 390 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp).

Description: This woman wears a violet shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Adrie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears professional attire. She has moderate length white fur. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in the east. Jade was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sellsword. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'7" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her white hair is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Weaver who has hired her part-time. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and balancing her hectic life and new weaver responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter 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 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 390 gp. Amber (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate, and carries hand crossbows. She sports white long hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Knight but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south to a Knight, Alain learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Knight. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His gray fur is singed and shortened. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tan vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his black hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp.