Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With wild red hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a Mercenary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears just a brown suit. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is golden and very short. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A freak accident while working with his Slave Trader mother left him crippled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shoemaker business.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Stannor was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is red and curly. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Barber mother left her crippled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Cecily was born the youngest of three triplets. When Cecily reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This woman wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 7000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver crest is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born in the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Buckler.