Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has wavy blonde hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered blue hat.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a green vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Shamash was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She usually wears her brown robe and has her sword always slung over her shoulder. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy red hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses like a well dressed Sage does and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is still thick. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has worked as a Sage like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Barrister again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 7000 cp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).