Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. He has wavy auburn hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Pikar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Pikar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tanner they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ploughman, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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 has passion for adventuring and risk; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She carries with her a set of greataxes on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 340 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).