Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'10" when asserting herself. She has wavy white hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports brown long hair. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the north to a Mercenary, Vola learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Vola abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 sp. Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'0". She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has no hair. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Eberk was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Roofer business.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Glassblower, but she got bored and became a Roofer. She has worked as a Roofer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Cagak was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Cagak's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. She has wavy auburn hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Shepherd mother left her crippled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Shepherd.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a colorful flower in his scarlet crest. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 320 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp).