Description: 3'5" and muscular, this northern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Broce is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dilettante, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 33000 sp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a shortspear on his belt. His black hair is long and unkept. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is brown and curly. Her brown 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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a red shirt with thin green vertical stripes and pastel pants. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with his Baker mother left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Howard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.