Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Ekemon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 120 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a white collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Ekk lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Fortune-teller. Pyxrin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Pyxrin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished trident as well. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: He was born into a rich family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 160 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Senteq was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Helgret was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Guard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a bather again

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 sp.