Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Thorin's homeland. Thorin decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries a battered lance and tarnished axe as well. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Rosamund's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 cp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. His red hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Mantus lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy golden hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Map Maker, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born in the south. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He struck the Stableman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp.