Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Doctor profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Priest. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Priest business at a young age. 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 south. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She is physically well-built. She has a very tight haircut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tordrid embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Tordrid hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'9" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She has moderate length silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Ahlyssa was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Herbalist. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Onyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.