Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Miner father left him crippled. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'9" and wears a yellow Stetson hat and yellow clothes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Crown-heir born in the past three hundred years. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black opal (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her crest is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jheri grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 170 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Egelina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shipwright but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Burana was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shipwright. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shipwright and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.