Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small red clips. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Jacoba hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. She has a hunchback. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Helen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Amber (110 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Adelard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 sp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". She is typically in her Ruler uniform, and her gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Dyer; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 sp.