Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Servant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Poor, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is purple and curly. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. To her fellows she 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Barkeep soon after.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears white trousers with pastel and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mercenary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

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. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Assassin 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this northern woman wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sai, just in case. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Extrovert. Bonds: Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is golden and curly. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: Emmeline lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a pastel vest and prefers white and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has moderate length white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.