Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Immeral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his glaive with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carter. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Amber (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. She has worked as a Herbalist like her mother before her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Herbalist and was forced into it by her family; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp.