Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: Marbas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Cook, but he was a colossal failure. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Nordak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Assassin. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Coral (140 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She is physically well-built. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Shadow was born the youngest of three triplets. She worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quarion grew up listening to his mother's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Quarion took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'3" and dresses like a well dressed Miller does. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear flannel. Her golden hair is well kept. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She bought a shortbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sorath grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sorath. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'6" and prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Wiggens and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His tied-back hair is red. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.