Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Miller. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Emma was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. 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. Emma fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 pp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Griselda was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student she started as a Performer, but she got bored and became a Barber. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Emerald (800 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a green scarf. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has worked as a Glassblower like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.