Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'9" when asserting himself. His beige fur is heavily combed to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on her left side, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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: She was raised in a forest tribe. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Cumpen was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 sp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'2" and likes to wear blue tank tops with black skirt. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is black and curly. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Valanthe hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She bought a hammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new priest responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Heskan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the west to a Cook, Joser learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is silver and curly. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Assassin first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.