Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and she perpetually has her sai ready. Her gray fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: A 2'10" northern man, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Borun was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1200 sp. Malachite (7 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 3'11". He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Stableman born in the past three hundred years. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Nordak was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nordak's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. During his travels, Nordak and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nordak discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nordak fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Nutae and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His tied-back hair is blonde. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 sp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. 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; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Qualen was taken on many hunting expeditions. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries with him a set of spears on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alex studied abroad. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Alex has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.