Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His scarlet crest is lengthy. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side, and is pretty ugly. His white crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Soapmaker. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 350 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a green shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Being a Tanner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Griselda was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This northern woman wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is black and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a baker and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a blue shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Galinndan was born the youngest of three triplets. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Stylist; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp. Hematite (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She sports blonde long hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

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. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Andraste fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blue crest is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp.