Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: He was born in a small plains village. His first spouse was a Brewer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Brewer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Tailor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

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

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Ilde hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She is a Hag in disguise. A gifted student she started as a Painter, but she got bored and became a Ploughman. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her white fur up. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bather

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

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her crest is blue and very short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Vezera enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Vezera learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Zircon (40 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Standing 2'10", this man wears professional attire. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

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 is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver pearl (80 gp).