Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the north to a Slave Trader, Shane learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Balimaar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Balimaar began to lead the lost caravan. 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. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

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

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Tanner they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Mayor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy white hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.