Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is physically well-built. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nicholas studied abroad. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'9" western woman, she wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Gaaki lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bather. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's in love; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 24000 cp. Jasper (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male usually wears his brown robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Godfrey enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Godfrey lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her red crest in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.