Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Heskan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shoemaker profession.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bather for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a shoemaker again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blue hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Mastema is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Mastema was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warrior, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. With bright golden hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. When Tervaround reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: An older woman who wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A gifted student she started as a Animal Trainer, but she got bored and became a Farmer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.