Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Windy has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Windy fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears just a black suit. She has dyed her greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has dyed his greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He has taken up work as a Layabout and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Modean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He tends to his Laborer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. She has wavy golden hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp).