Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a white cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Howard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. The war was a terrible time for her, and Margery does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Margery hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. The war was a terrible time for her, and Creega does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Military, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Jasmine was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dyer. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A 6'0" northern man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is cut close to his head. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely grey suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Emmeline was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Scribe. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Emmeline never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Boddynock was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears white trousers with black and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. He has moderate length auburn hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Keth was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 gp.