Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his copper crest up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Logical, Persistence, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her white fur is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Verna was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Verna and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He has taken up work as a Glassblower and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again.

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: White opal (900 gp).

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 16000 cp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Amber (90 gp). 1 Crowbar. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and carries morningstars. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Jheri hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. During her travels, Jheri and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Jheri discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Jheri fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Oolah is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. His gold crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a great chef.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 190 gp.