Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his silver crest down. His eyes are gold.

Personality: Direcris hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Direcris hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He has shaved his head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 father 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: Rolen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Actor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. Jasper (60 gp).

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this southern woman tends to wear a large blue jacket. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Through the years after Adrie was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Adrie's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Everburning torch.