Description: This northern man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His clothes are grease stained in places. His orange fur is unkempt and raggedy. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Engraver, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this southern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Shaká was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She's also a talented Adventurer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple pastel robe with green stripes complete with hood. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his grey robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Mercenary, Gerard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.