Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, yellow shirt, and violet tie. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 30 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 cp. Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has no hair. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Zephan was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A 5'4" eastern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blue hair is braided into rings. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her yellow fur is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and yellow eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 30 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After months of barely getting by, Trym managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 sp. Rose (80 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing a long, blue cloak. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Carter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Manea enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Manea liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theodoric studied abroad. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).