Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern man is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. 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 invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the east to a Stableman, Adam learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. He's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished sword as well. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Gurdis never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and daggers. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Suhnae grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Suhnae. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 sp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Coral (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.