Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a grey vest and prefers brown and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Nicholas was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nicholas decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are green.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Cartwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cartwright.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has brown eyes and a violet hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bellfounder. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has worked as a Bellfounder like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A freak accident while working with her Servant father left her crippled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on her right side. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Irann hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Bowyer, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears tattered old clothes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Baz enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a green coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her crest, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gifted student she started as a Actor, but she got bored and became a Bather. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Pyxrin was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is blonde and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Through the years after Kansif was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Kansif's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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 being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.