Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has shaved his head bald. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

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. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He became a Hunter soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp. Zircon (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and tan tie, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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 with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Harbek enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a red coat with pastel slacks. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 340 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a colorful flower in his brown fur. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Shivering was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 37000 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Akra was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Interpreter. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears just a black suit, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Oolah's homeland. Oolah decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.