Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 900 sp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: This woman has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is auburn and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is physically well-built. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Tordrid hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy silver hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Althaea never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Slave, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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: Rinn was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He has moderate length white hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His green crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valorean grew up listening to his father's many stories. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.