Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Harbek learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His black eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1800 pp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Vondal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Fargas 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. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Jet (110 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: This eastern man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length brown hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp).

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. His hair is short and blue. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Balam was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and doesn't want to be a layabout and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.