Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white tunic with pastel highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

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. Hork is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the west to a Guard, Hork learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He became a Guard soon after.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears white trousers with tan and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is a Gardener first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Gardener. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 gp. Red garnet (70 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'8" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop fur cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Cloak was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Cloak's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 pp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.