Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 a great chef.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Hugolina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Hugolina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a fancy green suit. His crest is red and curly. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Norkruuth was born with his father's beautiful face. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 cp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp).

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and red handkerchief worn on his left side. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fortune-teller. 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 to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has blue crest. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. A true patriot, Antrara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Gifted from a young age, Antrara studied abroad. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Richard was born with his mother's beautiful face. One day when Richard was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Richard was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bricklayer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bounty Hunter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Standing 2'10", this woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy black hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

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

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long brass crest kept up in a rat tail. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Rathkran will drive conversation. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the north. Rathkran was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Merchant. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Rathkran never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, In love, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 sp.