Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has wavy red crest. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He works hard and plays hard.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He takes great joy in being the best Tanner in town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Being a Tanner 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 loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is short and blonde. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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 unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 cp.