Description: A 6'5" northern man, he likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a flail on his belt. His crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Nykkan was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Nykkan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This southern man dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Fulbar was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Herbalist. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a trident on her belt. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sannl fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. He has golden hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 70 gp. Jet (90 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a Junk Dealer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a Junk Dealer soon after.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Seamstress who has hired her part-time. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she's in love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp.