Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her red fur up. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear flannel. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the north to a Tailor, Erdan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Tailor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tailor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Tailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She has a very tight haircut. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Vonana was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His gold crest is lengthy. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Kaladan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His crest is rusty and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Patrin hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He's also a talented Locksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This northern man wears a fancy yellow suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Odo's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a dagger, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Brottor was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is typically in his Stylist uniform. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. The war was a terrible time for him, and Mehen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 130 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a white collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has slicked back silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Grigi is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Masseuse mother left her crippled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 2 Antitoxin.