Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Hematite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 210 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and pastel skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and bows. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Spear lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Spear never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in the west to a Spy, Everard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Jasper (80 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood and is in decent physical shape. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Jane was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Jane's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jane fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 90 gp. Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Healer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Grai hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Grai alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a armorer again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her brown hair is well kept. She has gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Nikki was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Spice Merchant. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is black and very short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

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

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp).