Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 40. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Pandjed was born with his father's beautiful face. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Glassblower. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Glassblower. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his right side, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rûg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She wears a fancy grey dress. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Katherine enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Katherine fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Jet (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.