Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Hamil lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with yellow slacks. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red fur. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gale grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He 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. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 170 pp.

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. This silver eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1900 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp).