Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He is an epitome of beauty. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Gerald was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: Insomniac, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'10". She wears a brown shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and blue pants. She has wavy cinnamon fur. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Ploughman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 40 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. 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: Helja hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears long strands of aquamarine and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Bonds: Rich, In love, Criminal record, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her small tan hat.

Personality: Ielenia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Ielenia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Scribe. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ielenia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a grey collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length golden hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1100 sp. Eye agate (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has moderate length copper crest. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aasathra wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A 4'1" northern man, he wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has red hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; 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: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Yvonne hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Yvonne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.