Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She works hard and plays hard.

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. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is short and golden. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Shava took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His red hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 260 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She stands about 4'2" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She 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. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fletcher. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 160 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She very much looks the part of a Courier. With bright white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Shanairla's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'8" eastern man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. A true patriot, Efferil would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Coral (50 gp).