Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears just a blue suit. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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 moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Everard embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Everard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man usually wears his brown robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Alex was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Alex 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 struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp. 2 Smokesticks. 8 Acid flasks. 2 Holy water. 2 Smokesticks.