Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Hamil was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 8000 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and longbows. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Xappan was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Xappan 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 Xappan. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2500 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Thunderstones. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he usually wears his blue robe and has his scythe always slung over his shoulder. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Map Maker. After a long history of fighting, Eberdeb and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.