Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and tan tie. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 2'10" northern man, he prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Ubada was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 south. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She sports silver long hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Irann lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her crest is rusty and very short. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He usually wears his brown robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and carries scythes. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. Anne enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anne fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gerbo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. 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. 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: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Crowbar.