Description: 4'3" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear flannel. With bright golden hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Barbena was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He carries a battered club and tarnished nunchaku as well. His fur is beige and curly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age his father died while driving off some orcs. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in nunchaku use. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A 5'0" southern woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Nikki was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Golden pearl (70 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'8". She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her silver crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. She struck the Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp. Malachite (13 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is typically in her Roofer uniform. She wears her black hair up. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She carries a battered scimitar and tarnished lance as well. Her hair is cut close to her head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 Cartwright. She became a Cartwright soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is portly but not overly obese. He has black hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Wobbles was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Courier. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp.