Description: This northern woman prefers to wear flannel. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Jarana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 350 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 19000 cp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is golden and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Hunter lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a violet collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She bought a lance and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by her family; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Fisher kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Malachite (16 gp).

Description: Standing 4'3", this man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His tied-back hair is blonde. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Barendd enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. He wears his green crest up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Shy, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and green tie. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. The war was a terrible time for him, and Abad does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.