Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her youth she was a Guard, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anne 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; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He has worked as a Apothecary like his mother before him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and expand his business

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Ermina was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ermina liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 sp. Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tattered old clothes. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Apothecary. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Aldous was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Aldous's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp. 3 Smokesticks.