Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 11000 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her white hair is cut short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Locksmith but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a green scarf. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.