Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her hair is silver and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Thamuz was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Roofer. He has achieved small success as a Roofer.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Tûmhom was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white crest is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a Server, his mother struggled to pay the bills. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". She is dressed in an above average manner, and her gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. Her tied-back hair is black. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Paela embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Paela has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 90 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Markosian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Gardener and found it very stressful. She struck the Gardener job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dilettante but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Heward embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Heward and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Scribe, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. He has taken up work as a Bricklayer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.