Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Jet (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sculptor born in the past three hundred years. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the west to a Sculptor, Gilbert learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sculptor for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Matilda was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.