Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Herleva was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 Beggar. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Cory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.