Description: This northern woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has shaved her head bald. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

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

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (9 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered grey hat.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Menny hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Menny was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 cp. Iolite (20 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has wavy black hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Justin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. His dark red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thamuz grew up listening to his father's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears long strands of emerald and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. Her gray fur is greasy and uncared for. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. She has a hunchback. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Hourglass.