Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Herbalist and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Balimaar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Balimaar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Nikki hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Jet (160 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses like a well dressed Ploughman does. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. Rose (70 gp). Amber (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Locksmith and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 26000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Animal Trainer and was forced into it by his family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (80 gp).