Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear flannel. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Shepherd kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available he will default to his spear. His hair is short and white. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rael grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Rael abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is typically in her Crown-heir uniform. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Eloise hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has worked as a Crown-heir like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is cut close to his head. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Iados was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Locksmith and was forced into it by his family; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).