Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is short and brown. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Kyle lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his quarterstaff. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this southern man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His hair is red and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. The war was a terrible time for him, and Roger does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Roger was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Banded agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His golden hair is lengthy. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears professional attire. She keeps her gold crest in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Savaran abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Being a Adventurer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a simple grey robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Eleanor liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Sailor, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Sailor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his scarlet crest up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Patrin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He likes to wear grey tank tops with white pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Aldous enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Superior lock.