Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 220 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new roofer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Quarion is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Cecily was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear violet tank tops with brown skirt. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Jarsali took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up hammer and armor she uses now. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. 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 born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. Jet (130 gp).

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he wears a green costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He has black hair. His skin is flawless and his black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Leucis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His orange fur is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 gp. Amethyst (150 gp).