Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a white collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is lengthy. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hoshû was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Map Maker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Map Maker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but she was a colossal failure. She has worked as a Map Maker like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sutha grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sutha. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his silver hair down. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp.