Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a grey shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Terse, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Being a Layabout kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; 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: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has brown eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Purban began to lead the lost caravan. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has dyed his greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Jade (120 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries halberds. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Uthemar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears blue trousers with white and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Broce lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and she is greedy

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a Performer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Numba learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her first spouse was a Scribe, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 170 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears professional attire. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Pink pearl (50 gp).