Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Bernard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This man wears a simple blue robe with white stripes complete with hood. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and red pants and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Ahlyssa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahlyssa studied abroad. Her first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'6". He wears dull green sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed spear, just in case, and his gloved hand is found clutching a spear. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gomory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.