Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her yellow fur is lengthy. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Left-Handed fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: To prove her worth to the world; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new miller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Miller

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

Possessions: 90 gp. White pearl (120 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her hair is black and very short. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Disease, Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He has moderate length auburn hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is short and auburn. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Tod is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a fancy black dress. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. During her travels, Lilith and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Lilith discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Lilith fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.