Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a fancy white suit, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is black and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 feels threatened by others; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born in the west. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Being a Ruler kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he wants revenge against giants

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has moderate length brown hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Alain lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has no hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the west to a Assassin, Dara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her black crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.